Abortion Bans Do NOT Impact Maternal Mortality Rates

April 3, 2026—The Journal of American Medical Association has published a Report that concludes that abortion bans do not increase maternal mortality nationwide as a whole or state specifically. Data used was collected by the National Center for Health Statistics, a unit of the Center for Disease Control.

The Report concludes: "This cohort study found that abortion bans were not associated with statistically significant overall or state-specific increases in pregnancy-associated mortality."  

As more and more states have passed legislation banning abortion after certain cut-off thresholds, such as heartbeat detection or number of weeks in gestation, so called "Pro-Choice" organizations have increasingly claimed that these bans threaten the mortality and health of pregnant women. 

The Gender Equity Policy Institute has been at the forefront of these claims which have been touted extensively in an effort to sway public opinion and legislation away from bans of abortion. 

Now these claims have been refuted by credible research by medical doctors and other science professionals.

You can read the entire Report here:  US Abortion Bans & Mortality