How the SCOTUS Dobbs decision is affecting maternal mortality

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🗓️ 14 December 2022

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The Supreme Court's decision to end the constitutional right to abortion has had a negative effect on maternal health in the US, Biden administration officials said on Tuesday. Plus, the real relationship between high blood pressure and stress. And, President Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act into law. Guests: Axios' Oriana Gonzalez and Jennifer Kingson. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Amy Pedulla, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: SCOTUS Dobbs decision "devastating" U.S. maternal health, administration says Biden signs marriage equality bill into law Everything you know about stress and high blood pressure is wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Wednesday, December 14. I'm Nyla Boudou. Here's
0:09.6	what we're covering today. The real relationship between high blood pressure and stress. Plus,
0:14.8	President Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act into law. But first, how overturning,
0:20.3	Roe v Wade could be affecting maternal mortality in America. That's today's one big thing.
0:30.4	The Supreme Court decision in DOBS versus Jackson ending that constitutional right to abortion
0:38.0	has had a negative effect on maternal health in the U.S. That's according to Biden administration
0:44.0	officials yesterday. And per another report out today from the Commonwealth Fund, in 2020,
0:50.7	maternal death rates were 62% higher in states that banned or restricted abortion than in those states
0:57.2	where the procedure was still available. Axios's Oriana Gonzalez is here with the latest on this.
1:02.4	Hi, Oriana. Hi, Nyla. So, Oriana, why is the Biden administration saying that this is having
1:08.8	such a devastating impact on maternal mortality, especially since the DOBS decision just came out
1:14.0	earlier this year? The U.S. is already grappling with having the highest maternal mortality rate
1:20.3	among the developed nations. And according to data from the CDC, actually states that have banned
1:25.4	abortion prior to DOBS, where the states that had the highest maternal mortality rates. So,
1:31.2	in the U.S., what a lot of advocates say, a lot of health experts say is that the big issue
1:36.8	is accessibility. A lot of people do not have access to maternal health care or reproductive
1:43.0	health care in general. And that has been a big driver as to why the U.S. is facing this.
1:50.0	And is that connection because abortion is banned or because there are other reasons?
1:54.8	So, the states that have banned abortion are also states that are known to not have put much
2:00.3	funding into childcare. So, for example, the Biden administration gave states this year the
2:06.9	authority to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to one year because they understood that
2:12.3	extending from 60 days to one year that postpartum coverage was essential to handle what the
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