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This Hospital System Fought COVID, Then a Far-Right Leader. Now It’s Taking on Idaho’s Abortion Ban.

St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.

by Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, and Kelcie Moseley-Morris, States Newsroom,

A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes

Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.

by Jeremy Kohler,

Life of the Mother

Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year

Before ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of committee members had been publicly released. Now, Georgia says releasing the identities would be a violation of state law.

by Amy Yurkanin,

Life of the Mother

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

by Lizzie Presser, Andrea Suozzo, Sophie Chou and Kavitha Surana,

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Life of the Mother

Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases

The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.

by Kavitha Surana and Cassandra Jaramillo,

Life of the Mother

Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access

Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.

by Ziva Branstetter and Cassandra Jaramillo,

Life of the Mother

Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans

Doctors described hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according to a Senate Finance Committee report.

by Kavitha Surana,

Series

Series: Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths

59 stories published since 2013

Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases

by Kavitha Surana and Cassandra Jaramillo,

Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

by Andrea Suozzo, Sophie Chou and Lizzie Presser,

Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked

by Jeremy Kohler,

Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access

by Ziva Branstetter and Cassandra Jaramillo,

The CDC Hasn’t Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion Bans

by Kavitha Surana, Robin Fields and Ziva Branstetter,

Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans

by Kavitha Surana,

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

by Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser,

Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.

by Kavitha Surana, Mariam Elba, Cassandra Jaramillo, Robin Fields and Ziva Branstetter,

A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.

by Erin Edwards for ProPublica and Robin Fields,

Missouri Voters Enshrined Abortion Rights. GOP Lawmakers Are Already Working to Roll Them Back.

by Jeremy Kohler,

A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.

by Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana,

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

by Amy Yurkanin,

Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women

by Cassandra Jaramillo, Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Ziva Branstetter,

ProPublica’s Coverage of the Election Issues That Matter to Voters

by ProPublica,

Una mujer de Texas murió después de que el hospital dijera que sería un “delito” intervenir en su aborto espontáneo

por Cassandra Jaramillo y Kavitha Surana,

A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms

by Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana,

A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital

by Cassandra Jaramillo and Kavitha Surana,

Opponents of Missouri Abortion Rights Amendment Turn to Anti-Trans Messaging and Misinformation

by Jeremy Kohler,

How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team

by Alexandra Zayas,

Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care

by Ziva Branstetter,

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

by Ziva Branstetter,

Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died

by Kavitha Surana,

How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

by Ziva Branstetter,

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

by Kavitha Surana,

Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States

by Jeremy Kohler,

Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.

by Cassandra Jaramillo, Jeremy Kohler and Sophie Chou, ProPublica, and Jessica Kegu, CBS News,

Kristi Noem Said She Is Proud to “Support Babies, Moms, and Families.” Her Record Shows Otherwise, Critics Say.

by Jessica Lussenhop,

Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can’t Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.

by Kavitha Surana,

The Year After a Denied Abortion

by Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica and Kavitha Surana,

How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes,

Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Didn’t.

by Kavitha Surana,

Voters in at Least 10 States Are Trying to Protect Abortion Rights. GOP Officials Are Throwing Up Roadblocks.

by Cassandra Jaramillo,

Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.

by Audrey Dutton,

Doctors Emerge as Political Force in Battle Over Abortion Laws in Ohio and Elsewhere

by Cassandra Jaramillo,

Maternal Deaths Are Expected to Rise Under Abortion Bans, but the Increase May Be Hard to Measure

by Kavitha Surana,

Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law.

by Kavitha Surana,

How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court

by Jennifer Berry Hawes,

How Abortion Bans Are Impacting Pregnant Patients Across the Country

by Ziva Branstetter,

Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.

by Kavitha Surana, photography by Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica,

Minnesota May Chart Its Own Path Dealing With Anti-Abortion Counseling Centers

by Jessica Lussenhop,

Tennessee Lobbyists Oppose New Lifesaving Exceptions in Abortion Ban

by Kavitha Surana,

Here’s What States Are Doing to Abortion Rights in 2023

by Megan Rose,

Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google

by Jennifer Gollan,

She Wanted an Abortion. A Judge Said She Wasn’t Mature Enough to Decide.

by Lizzie Presser, photography by Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt for The New York Times,

“We Need to Defend This Law”: Inside an Anti-Abortion Meeting With Tennessee’s GOP Lawmakers

by Kavitha Surana,

Do U.S. Border Officials Ask Travelers if They’ve Had Abortions?

by Kavitha Surana,

Are You in a State That Banned Abortion? Tell Us How Changes in Medical Care Impact You.

by Kavitha Surana and Adriana Gallardo,

Minnesota Set to Become “Abortion Access Island” in the Midwest, but for Whom?

by Jessica Lussenhop,

Her Ex-Husband Is Suing a Clinic Over the Abortion She Had Four Years Ago

by Nicole Santa Cruz,

How Missouri Helps Abortion Opponents Divert State Taxes to Crisis Pregnancy Centers

by Jeremy Kohler,