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applegrove

(133,643 posts) Sat Jun 13, 2026, 06:12 PM Saturday

Maternal deaths committee in Texas at risk of being cancelled.

Texas is considering whether to continue one of its most important tools for preventing maternal deaths.

The stateâ€™s Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), which investigates pregnancy-related deaths and identifies ways to prevent them, (cont.)

msmagazine.com/2026/06/11/t...
— RoseMarie (@rosesbloom24.bsky.social) 2026-06-13T15:27:05.711Z

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Maternal deaths committee in Texas at risk of being cancelled. (Original Post) applegrove Saturday OP

"We in the GOP really don't care about women" struggle4progress Saturday #1

That's how the alt-reality crowd solves problems. Ilsa Saturday #2

struggle4progress

(127,079 posts)

1. "We in the GOP really don't care about women"

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Sat Jun 13, 2026, 06:19 PM

Saturday

Ilsa

(64,724 posts)

2. That's how the alt-reality crowd solves problems.

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Sat Jun 13, 2026, 06:22 PM

Saturday

They shut down data-gathering and professional discussion of the problem. There is no "maternal mortality," so a committee isn't needed to understand it.

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