A study published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine claims that Texas leads in rapes and rape-related pregnancies when compared to states with total abortion bans.
According to a recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Texas has the highest estimated number of pregnancies resulting from rape.
Data from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows Black women in Texas have a higher risk for poor outcomes during and after giving birth than any other race or ethnicity in the state. Here's what it's doing to address the racial disparity and maternal mortality, in general.
Temecia and Rodney Jackson say their newborn daughter Mila was wrongfully taken into Child Protective Services custody days after she was born. Local reproductive rights activists are demanding Mila's return.
Rodney and Temecia Jackson say their pediatrician of 10 years reported them to CPS when their baby developed a mild case of jaundice, and Rodney was arrested.