To put the numbers in perspective, I made some rough calculations using the number of live births in Texas in 2022 (around 400,000) and an upper estimate of a 0.04% maternal mortality rate (40 per 100,000). What we're left with is approximately 160 maternal deaths in Texas for the year. Round it up to 200 and that's what your entire argument is predicated on; a tenuous link between those 200 deaths (and let's say the 71 that could be considered excess deaths according to the 56% increase claim) and a ban against abortion.

Unfortunately for you, your argument ignores positive outcomes which aren't captured by changes in maternal death statistics, uses stats from a systemically volatile time period in health care, completely disregards the lives of the unborn (a sentiment we're sadly used to seeing on your side, as appalling as it is), assumed a trend where there may be none, and ultimately falls to shambles along with your hysterical claim that "women will die in droves [because of Trump]" even though we've established that his election has no bearing on any of this whatsoever.

To put the numbers in perspective, I made some rough calculations using the number of live births in Texas in 2022 (around 400k) and the upper estimate of 0.04% mortality (40 per 100,000). What we're left with is approximately 160 maternal deaths in Texas for the year. Round it up to 200 and that's what your entire argument is predicated on; a tenuous link between those 200 deaths (and let's say the 71 that could be considered excess deaths according to your 56% increase math) and a ban against abortion.

Unfortunately for the case you're trying to make, your argument ignores the positive outcomes which aren't captured in maternal deaths, uses stats from a systemically volatile time period in health care, completely disregards the lives of the unborn (by now we're sadly used to that sentiment from your side, as appalling as it is), assumes a trend where there may be none, and ultimately falls to shambles along with your hysterical claim that "women will die in droves [because of Trump]" when we've established that his election has no bearing on any of this whatsoever.