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14 entries · Compiled May 11, 2026 · Labora Collective Research

The Texas Proof — maternal mortality

D01-009 D01 OB Care & Maternal Mortality Tier 3 — NGO
Texas white women's maternal mortality rose 95% after the abortion ban (2019–2022).
Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI). (2024). Maternal Mortality in the United States After Abortion Bans. Analysis of CDC mortality data, 2019–2022. White women: 20.0 → 39.1 per 100,000 live births.
→thegepi.org/maternal-mortality-abortion-bans/ 📸Wayback snapshot
D01-010 D01 OB Care & Maternal Mortality Tier 3 — NGO
Texas maternal mortality rose 56% overall, 2019–2022 — five times the national rate.
Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI). (2024). Maternal Mortality in the United States After Abortion Bans. National comparator: ~11% increase over same period; Texas rose ~5.1× faster.
→thegepi.org/maternal-mortality-abortion-bans/ 📸Wayback snapshot
D01-011 D01 OB Care & Maternal Mortality Tier 3 — NGO
Texas racial breakdown — Black women +38%, Hispanic women +30%, post-ban.
Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI). (2024). Maternal Mortality in the United States After Abortion Bans. Hispanic women: 14.5 → 18.9 per 100,000; Black women: 31.6 → 43.6 per 100,000.
→thegepi.org/maternal-mortality-abortion-bans/ 📸Wayback snapshot
D20-007 D20 Infection Tier 3 — News/Advocacy
Texas miscarriage sepsis rates +50% post-Dobbs; Houston +63%, Dallas +29%.
ProPublica. (2025). Sepsis Rates Vary Widely in Dallas and Houston Under Abortion Ban. Analysis of Texas hospital discharge data. Unpublished UT Houston study finds Houston sepsis rate tripled.
→propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-rates-dallas-houston 📸Wayback snapshot

The Intersection — violence + reproductive autonomy

D18-004 D18 Violence Tier 2 — Peer-Reviewed Academic
Homicide is the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in the United States — 5.23 per 100,000 (2020); 81% involve firearms.
Wallace, M., Gillispie-Bell, V., Cruz, K., Davis, K., & Vilda, D. (2022). Trends in Pregnancy-Associated Homicide, United States, 2020. BMJ Open / CDC National Violent Death Reporting System. 2018: 3.30/100,000; 2019: 3.95; 2020: 5.23.
→pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9382166/ 📸Wayback snapshot
Page originally cited 2018–2019 (3.62/100,000, 68% firearms). Updated on 2026-05-11 to 2020 data — same source, newer figures.
D18-005 D18 Violence Tier 3 — NGO / Professional Society
Black women aged 18–24 die from pregnancy-associated homicide at 8 per 100,000 — four times the national average.
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). (2025, February). New National Study Finds Homicide and Suicide is the #1 Cause of Maternal Death in the U.S. Analysis of CDC pregnancy mortality data 2005–2022; 20,421 pregnancy-associated deaths reviewed.
→smfm.org/news/new-national-study-finds-homicide-and-suicide-is-the-1-cause-of-maternal-death-in-the-us 📸Wayback snapshot
D11-006 D11 Gender-Based Violence Policy Tier 2 — Peer-Reviewed Academic
IPV incidents increased 7–10% in states with near-total abortion bans post-Dobbs — 9,271–13,998 additional incidents.
Dave, D. M., Durrance, C., Erten, B., Wang, Y., & Wolfe, B. L. (2025). Abortion Restrictions and Intimate Partner Violence in the Dobbs Era. NBER Working Paper No. 33916; subsequently published in Journal of Health Economics. Data: 2017–2023 IPV incidents reported to law enforcement; methodology uses post-Dobbs change in county-level travel distance to abortion facilities.
→nber.org/papers/w33916 📸Wayback snapshot
D18-006 D18 Violence Tier 2 — Peer-Reviewed Academic
Each additional TRAP law (targeting abortion providers) correlates with a 3.4% increase in the intimate-partner-violence-related homicide rate.
Wallace, M. E., Gillispie-Bell, V., Vilda, D., Theall, K. P., & Hoehn-Velasco, L. (2024, May). States' Abortion Laws Associated With Intimate Partner Violence–Related Homicide Of Women And Girls In The US, 2014–20. Health Affairs, 43(5). Funded by NICHD; analyzed National Violent Death Reporting System data for ages 10–44 across 47 states.
→healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.01098 📸Wayback snapshot
The 3.4% applies specifically to TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers), a subset of all abortion restrictions. Page copy revised on 2026-05-11 to reflect this precision.

Privacy & Criminalization

D16-012 D16 Legal Liability Tier 3 — NGO
264 cases where the medical team's documentation or communication was used against the patient — of 412 total pregnancy-related criminal charges post-Dobbs.
Pregnancy Justice. (2025, September). Pregnancy as a Crime: An Interim Update on the First Two Years After Dobbs. Pregnancy Prosecutions Tracking Study, June 2022 – June 2024, 16 states.
→pregnancyjusticeus.org/resources/pregnancy-as-a-crime-an-interim-update/ 📸Wayback snapshot
Page originally said "turned in by their own doctors." Pregnancy Justice's exact phrasing is "information supporting criminal prosecution obtained or disclosed in a medical setting" — which includes EHR, pharmacy, hospital staff. Page copy revised on 2026-05-11.
D16-013 D16 Legal Liability Tier 3 — NGO
412 pregnancy-outcome criminal charges in two years post-Dobbs — more than doubling the historical annual rate.
Pregnancy Justice. (2025, September). Pregnancy as a Crime: An Interim Update. Pre-Dobbs baseline: 1,396 cases over 16.5 years (Jan 2006 – Jun 2022) ≈ 85 cases/year. Post-Dobbs: 412 / 2 = 206 cases/year ≈ 2.4× the historical annual rate.
→pregnancyjusticeus.org/resources/pregnancy-as-a-crime-an-interim-update/ 📸Wayback snapshot
Page originally claimed "8× pre-Dobbs baseline." Actual ratio is ~2.4×. Pregnancy Justice itself notes that methodology changes prevent a direct comparison. Page copy revised on 2026-05-11.

Federal Dismantling — OBBBA, NIH, HHS workforce

D04-011 D04 Insurance & Coverage Tier 4 — US Federal (Era Policy)
$900 billion Medicaid cut via the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA); 10.5 million projected coverage losses.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO). (2025, July). Estimated Effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Analyzed via Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) and KFF. Signed Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025. Section 71113 defunds Planned Parenthood from federal Medicaid in 39 states.
→cbpp.org/research/health/by-the-numbers-harmful-republican-megabill 📸Wayback snapshot
Era Policy caveat: CBO data is US federal (Chapter 04 Tier 4). The Era Policy framework flags federal sources for political-interference risk; CBO has so far operated independently of the executive branch and is treated as reliable here.
D06-004 D06 Workforce Policy Tier 4 — US Federal (Era Policy)
~7,100 federal health workers fired across CDC (~2,400), NIH (~1,200), FDA (3,500); HHS workforce being reduced from 82,000 to 62,000 overall.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). (2025, April). Fact sheet on HHS Workforce Reductions. Analyzed via Stat News, NPR. PRAMS team fired April 1, 2025.
→statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-layoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/ 📸Wayback snapshot
Page originally said "4,800+" with a breakdown of 1,300+1,500+3,500 = 6,300 — neither figure matched the HHS fact sheet. Page copy revised on 2026-05-11 to ~7,100 with the correct CDC/NIH/FDA breakdown and the 82,000 → 62,000 HHS-wide reduction.
D14-010 D14 Federal Power Tier 3 — News / NGO
2,300+ NIH grants canceled; $4 billion in funding ordered reversed by federal court (later paused by SCOTUS).
Science magazine / Sanders Senate HELP Committee report / Grant Witness. (2025). Documented snapshots: 694 grants by April 8, 2025 ($1.81B); 1,660 HHS-wide grants by April 2025; 2,300 NIH cancellations total by mid-2025. SCOTUS allowed termination of $783M DEI-specific grants. Federal judge ordered ~$4B reversed in June 2025; SCOTUS later paused that order.
→science.org/content/article/after-legal-deal-nih-review-grant-proposals 📸Wayback snapshot
Page originally claimed "1,902 NIH grants terminated, $4.4 billion." That specific snapshot couldn't be located in primary sources. Page revised on 2026-05-11 to use the verifiable framing: total grant count, the federal court reversal, and the SCOTUS pause.

Workforce Collapse

D06-005 D06 Workforce Policy Tier 2 — Peer-Reviewed Academic
Idaho lost 35% of its OB-GYNs in two years post-Dobbs (94 of 268).
JAMA Network Open. (2025, August). Idaho OB-GYN workforce study, 2022–2024. Reported via Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). Earlier reporting from Boise State Public Radio (February 2024) documented 22% loss less than a year post-ban.
→opb.org/article/2025/08/03/idaho-loses-ob-gyns-after-abortion-laws/ 📸Wayback snapshot
Page originally claimed "22–43%." The 22% (Feb 2024) and 35% (Aug 2025 JAMA study) endpoints are both documented; the 43% upper bound was not independently verified. Page copy revised on 2026-05-11 to "35% in two years." Half of Idaho's 44 counties now have no practicing obstetrician.

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