Opinion: A new law that extends Medicaid coverage will save lives and help untold families in the state of Texas.
care for transgender minors, the merry band of ideologues at the Capitol seem hell-bent on making Texas a cesspool of bad laws that disproportionately hurt women, children and the marginalized, especially LGBTQ folks.During its last session, the Texas Legislature voted as a near-unanimous block to extend the federal-state health insurance for low-income mothers to a full year, and now untold numbers of women and their children will benefit immensely from such care.
What’s behind the dire numbers are public health epidemics like obesity, mental health and substance use disorders, untreated chronic health conditions like diabetes and the dark sequelae of systemic racial discrimination. The hormonal maelstrom that is pregnancy can also wreak havoc on a new mother’s mind and mood, particularly if she was experiencing anxiety, depression or other mental health disorders prior to pregnancy.
It found that 90% of the pregnancy-related deaths were preventable — that is, there was at least some chance of saving the mother’s life if medical care had been involved.
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