A study published by Duke University Press found that with less abortion access, there will likely be a disproportionate increase in deaths of Black women in childbirth.
Black people make up just 13% of Ohio’s population, but Black pregnant people make up nearly half of abortions performed in the state, an Ideastream analysis of figures from the U.S. Census and the Ohio Department of Health. That also means that limits on the procedure disproportionately affect Black Ohioans.