Texas consistently ranks in the 10 worst states for maternal mortality, which disproportionately impacts Black women. A report from state health officials found that Black women made up 31% of pregnancy-related deaths, but only 11% of live births.
Willis, with the Afiya Center, said children often end up in the foster care system because of circumstances far beyond their control — or the control of their parents. And whether those children are in foster care or at home with parents, many of those factors are only going to get worse.
“You have young women who do not have control of their bodies to even access birth control,” she said. “And then these same women are living in areas that are food deserts, that are heavily impacted by air quality and environmental issues, that are dealing with poor school systems.” When she thinks about the systems in place to support low-income Texans who will have to carry their pregnancies to term as a result of the forthcoming abortion bans, she said she feels hopeless.
“Black women in Texas have never had hope that any of this would come through,” she said. “And now it feels like we’re almost all the way back to square one.”Disclosure: Planned Parenthood, Texans Care for Children and Afiya Center have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune's journalism.
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Texas GOP to focus on adoptions, barring out-of-state abortions if Roe falls“We’ll continue to do our best to make abortion not just outlawed, but unthinkable,” said state Rep. Briscoe Cain. Story by TexasTribune.
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Texas isn’t ready to support more parents and kids in a post-Roe world, advocates warnMore than a quarter of women of childbearing age are uninsured in Texas, the highest rate in the nation, and the state has chosen to cap Medicaid benefits for new moms earlier than other states.
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Texas Republicans say if Roe falls, they’ll focus on adoptions and preventing women from seeking abortions elsewhereState leaders say expanding a social safety net for children and prosecuting abortion funders are among their priorities. “We’ll continue to do our best to make abortion not just outlawed, but unthinkable,” said state Rep. Briscoe Cain.
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Texas Republicans say if Roe falls, they’ll focus on adoptions and preventing women from seeking abortions elsewhereState leaders say expanding a social safety net for children and prosecuting abortion funders are among their priorities. “We’ll continue to do our best to make abortion not just outlawed, but unthinkable,” said state Rep. Briscoe Cain.
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Texas Republicans say if Roe falls, they’ll focus on adoptions and preventing women from seeking abortions elsewhereState leaders say expanding a social safety net for children and prosecuting abortion funders are among their priorities. “We’ll continue to do our best to make abortion not just outlawed, but unthinkable,” said state Rep. Briscoe Cain.
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