Rest in Power: A Running List of the Preventable Deaths Caused by Abortion Bans (trigger warning)
(and the MISOGYNIST, PATRIARCHAL, THEOCRATIC, CHRISTOFASCIST WAR ON WOMEN continues apace)
(there is an eye-opening graphic and a partial list of the victims at the link below)
Rest in Power: A Running List of the Preventable Deaths Caused by Abortion Bans (trigger warning)
PUBLISHED 11/4/2024 by Roxanne Szal | UPDATED 11/20/2025 at 8:35 A.M. PT
At least 11 women are already known to have died because of abortion bans—an undeniable undercount, with more cases still unnamed or not yet public.
Arizona for Abortion Access supporters carry photographs of women who died because of abortion bans during the 35th annual All Souls Procession—a two-mile long march for community members to honor ancestors and loved ones who have died—on Nov. 3, 2024, in Tucson, Ariz. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)
Women are outraged—and they have every reason to be.
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, it marked the first time in history that the Court has taken away a fundamental right and opened the door for states to ban abortion outright.
Texas women in particular have lived under an extreme ban for even longer: In September 2021, Texas’ SB 8 became law, the six-week ban with a “bounty hunter” provision. At the time SB 8 took effect, it was considered the most restrictive abortion ban to ever take effect in the U.S.
Today, 22 states ban abortion or restrict the procedure earlier in pregnancy than the standard set by Roe v. Wade, and of those, abortion is completely illegal in 13.
Antiabortion lawmakers and judges in these states are failing women and their families, causing preventable deaths and irreparable pain and heartbreak for their families—leaving children without mothers, parents without their daughters, and spouses without their partners. Ms. is marking these women's stories. This article will be updated to mark every single name made public. These women should be alive today. And these are likely not the only cases, as there has been a significant increase in maternal mortality rates in states that implement strict abortion bans.
Rest in power. And may their deaths not be in vain.
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In addition to the deaths (and these are only the ones we know about), physicians reported serious injuries caused by "repeated experiences of restricted and delayed treatment," as well as "moral distress" from navigating pregnant patients' lives and the legal and professional risk of being found guilty of violating these extreme bans."We don’t have the full picture of what abortion bans have wrought," wrote Jill Filipivoc. "Instead, what we have are snapshots: Data pulled by intrepid reporters. Women and their families brave enough to speak to the press. Doctors willing to speak anonymously with careful researchers. It’s not a complete picture. But these snapshots still tell a dark story."
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https://msmagazine.com/2024/11/04/women-die-abortion-ban-elections-vote/