The CDC Hasn’t Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion Bans

The Biden administration has missed a critical opportunity to illuminate how abortion bans are interfering with maternal health care, leading to deaths and irreversible injuries.

The CDC has not pushed state committees that review maternal deaths to examine the role these new laws have played.

The agency has issued no guidance to address the recent rollback of reproductive rights or to direct committees to consider abortion bans.

ProPublica: Abortion bans are driving an increase in maternal mortality in states that ban abortion.

There is no way to determine from publicly available data if abortion restrictions contributed to a particular death.

The CDC has not created a checkbox to track deaths related to abortion access.

A spokesperson for the Biden administration says the administration has fulfilled the order.

There is little chance a Republican administration will try to collect data that helps shed light on the impact of abortion bans.

President-elect Donald Trump named Ed Martin , a prominent anti-abortion activist, to be the chief of staff for his Office of Management and Budget .

The conservative blueprint for reshaping the federal government recommends that the agency require all states to report detailed data on abortions, miscarriages and stillbirths.