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Lizzie Presser

Pro-choice protesters march outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. Texas passed SB8 which effectively bans nearly all abortions and it went into effect Sept. 1. A request to the Supreme Court to block the bill went unanswered and the Court still has yet to take any action on it. (Sergio Flores For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared

Lizzie Presser, Andrea Suozzo, Sophie Chou, Kavitha Surana
Hope and Porsha Ngumezi pose together in a family photo. (Photo by Danielle Villasana/ProPublica)

Doctors reaching for riskier miscarriage treatment as a third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban

Lizzie Presser, Kavitha Surana
Hospital emergency room entrance sign (Getty Images/Douglas Sacha)

A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms

Lizzie Presser, Kavitha Surana