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The Indiana Maternal Mortality Review Committee published its findings in December 2020. Of the 63 pregnancy-related deaths identified the majority occurred postpartum, and the most common contributing factor was substance abuse disorder. Accidental overdose was overwhelmingly the leading cause of death. This is part one of State Representative Rita Flemingâs (D-Jeffersonville) opinion.Â
The patient I admitted was not unlike those I had seen many times before. Screaming with unrelenting contractions, demanding relief. Her tox screen ultimately revealed methamphetamine, but it was evident by her appearance â bone thin, picking incessantly at sores on her face and arms, most teeth missing. She was acutely ill. Despite bleeding profusely, her blood pressure was markedly elevated. Nurses had trouble accessing an IV line; most of her veins were used up. She had no prenatal care, no due date had been established. A quick ultrasound revealed absente fetal heartbeat, approximat