https://www.kvue.com/article/news/h...ayed/269-ad3223ff-2f70-4624-83a5-adb417bc7d47 Convenient - almost too convenient it is imperative that the impact of the introduction of legislation be measured - especially in relation to women’s health and well being
Okay, do you want to discuss why the data would not be fairly comparable to other states' data? Maybe that Texas has a very large illegal immigrant population?
From what I saw of the article, before I was blocked by an offer to subscribe to the Houston Chronicle, the only reason given was because they wanted to "align (their) methodology with other states," which is clearly a bogus reason-- what is important, is how the data compares to past Texas data. What this excuse suggests to me, is that all the states, which have changed their abortion laws, are going to change the way they count pregnancy- related deaths, so the numbers will not be comparable to before they'd changed their laws. DISGRACEFUL!
That should not affect maternal mortality in any country that has even a halfway decent health care system
I didn't doubt the veracity of your story, so I'm not sure of why you add this, as your reply to my post. But my asking, will at least put this thread back at the top of "recent posts," where it certainly belongs, getting more attention than it has yet been paid, by the majority of our membership.
Yeah. Given the circumstances a better explanation from them would be important, i.e. specifically what issue they're having in a way that makes sense. Otherwise, people will understandably assume the worst. PR fail at best.
It's NOT legitimate to slow the collection of data on the grounds that someone might make a really stupid analysis of that data. You have a LONG history here of not caring about the lives of women, but actually failing to report their deaths is a startling new low.
And yet it does. You know (as an RN) that culture plays a huge role in how things play out for individuals, even in our excellent public health system. Some people just aren't good advocates for themselves, nor invested in health, and this is very often a cultural 'bad habit'.
That may be an issue to discuss sometime, but it's not relevant to the immediate discussion. The issue here is to identify the affect of these legal assaults on women's healthcare. Yet, it appears there may be official work being done to block investigation.
