Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis.

The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a ruling by Matthew Kacsmaryk and found that an anti abortion group cannot bring a claim based on the actions of Planned Parenthood's attorneys.

In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among women who lost their pregnancies in the second trimester.

Despite these bans, the number of abortions in the U.S. has actually increased. In 2020 — the year before Texas became the first state to ban abortion in defiance of Roe — the number of abortions in the U.

A new ProPublica analysis finds a 50 percent increase in life-threatening infections since SB8 took effect in 2021.

ProPublica found that the rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester.

ProPublica analyzed years of statewide hospital data and found more women are developing sepsis than before the ban was instituted.

Sepsis cases in pregnant women have spiked roughly 50% since Texas’ abortion ban took effect in 2021, according to ProPublica’s new analysis. Sepsis is a life-threatening infection, often seen in the elderly and those with prolonged hospital stays.

ProPublica’s analysis is the most detailed look yet into life-threatening complications under Texas’ abortion ban

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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The rate of

Texas' abortion ban didn't just affect Texans — it squeezed Coloradans' access to care, delaying procedures and spiking second-trimester abortions, a new JAMA Network Open study suggests. Why it matters: While much of the focus has been on Texans flooding Colorado clinics,