Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period.

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.

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%,

Most Iowans oppose the state’s 6-week abortion ban, results show in the first Iowa Poll since the state Supreme Court ruled the law could be enforced

With Iowa's six-week abortion ban now in effect, a sizeable majority of Iowans continue to oppose the restrictions. The latest Iowa Poll from the Des Moines Re