In one example, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s entire OB-GYN department is shutting down, highlighting the severity of the crisis.

The Texas committee responsible for examining all pregnancy-related deaths in the state has decided to skip cases in 2022 and 2023, the first two years after the state’s full abortion ban went into effect.

In 2012, Savita Halappanavar, a dentist in Ireland, died after doctors failed to give her an abortion when her amniotic sac ruptured at 17 weeks pregnant.

Porsha Ngumezi had a miscarriage at 11 weeks, and bled so much in emergency department she had needed two blood transfusions.

Georgia state officials shut down an entire committee dedicated to reviewing maternal mortality in the state, after ProPublica reported in September on the deaths of two women as a result of the state’s abortion ban.

Anti-abortion groups aren’t thrilled about his nomination, and they are demanding that he commit to hiring anti-abortion leaders at HHS and publicly commit to antiabortion policies during his confirmation hearings.

Reproductive rights groups are not ready to embrace compromises on abortion, IVF, and birth control access, arguing that they could harm access to reproductive care.

A federal judge struck down Wyoming’s abortion ban, ruling it unconstitutional and granting access to abortion in the state.