User:Jami430/Women's health in Texas

Maternal mortality
The maternal mortality rate in Texas, or the rate at which women die from complications related to pregnancy, doubled between 2010 and 2014. Texas is the only state whose maternal death increased at this level, and reproductive health advocates attribute the rise to Texas womens' decreasing access to reproductive health care.

Healthy Texas Women program
On July 1, 2016, Texas launched the Healthy Texas Women program, a program aimed at low-income women that provides pregnancy testing, counseling, family planning, breast and cervical cancer screenings, immunizations, and coverage of treatment for certain chronic diseases. In 2014, the Sunset Advisory Commission determined the state could serve more women if they combined the efforts of the Texas Women’s Health Program and the Expanded Primary Health Care for Women program.

In August 2016, Texas officials granted $1.6 million dollars as a part of this program to the Heidi Group, an anti-abortion organization led by anti-abortion advocate Carol Everett.