Experts Say U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Will Rise Post-Roe

U.S. maternal mortality rates are certain to rise as more states restrict abortion following the fall of Roe v. Wade, experts say. With a higher rate than any other developed country, maternal mortality in the U.S. is astonishingly high, particularly for women of color. As states across the country curtail access to abortion, women’s health advocates and researchers foresee the maternal mortality rate and its racial disparities only getting worse — particularly because states that are banning abortion are often the ones that already have high maternal mortality rates. Read the article from NBC here.