Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It's Worse in Abortion-Ban States.

Deaths From Ectopic Pregnancy Are On The Rise & It’s More Common In States With Abortion Bans

A new analysis revealed nearly 200 women died nationwide as a result of an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025, compared with 100 in the previous six years.

No, Pro-Life Laws Are Not Increasing Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths

This Wednesday, ProPublica ran an article blaming recently enacted pro-life laws for an increase in ectopic pregnancy deaths. They claim that the ectopic pregnancy death rate has more than doubled since 2014. Additionally, the article provides data which purportedly shows a greater ectopic pregnancy death rate increase in states with strict abortion bans. This article received a large amount […]

Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Soared Under ‘Pro-Life’ Trump Admin

Kudos to ProPublica for doing the research the “pro-life” Trump administration has deliberately sabotaged. According to ProPublica’s research, the spike in ectopic pregnancy deaths began during the Covid pandemic but kept climbing while other pregnancy-related deaths subsided. The death rate was nearly double for women in states with abortion bans. “With prompt and appropriate medical care, maternal health experts say, women should not die,” Pro…

Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It's Worse in Abortion-Ban States.

(MedPage Today) -- This story was originally published by ProPublica. The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in CDC data have drawn little scrutiny or...

More ectopic pregnancy deaths in abortion ban states like Texas

After Texas banned nearly all abortions, patients have struggled to get ectopic care. More than 300 patients here experienced substantial blood loss in 2023 and 2024, compared to 2018 and 2019.