Maternal mortality rates have risen across the nation—at an 11% clip from 2019 to 2022, CDC data show. In Texas, the number of women who died while pregnant, during labor, or soon after childbirth jumped 56%,

Donald Trump and other Republican candidates have said that abortion policy is now up to voters in each state. Texas is one exception.

The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation,

An NBC News Exclusive: a look at the maternal mortality crisis in Texas. Now with a near-total ban on abortion in place, numbers could go up even more in Texas and other places with similar abortion restrictions.