Respecting Choice is an informative and persuasive blog geared by the 82nd Texas legislative session. We focus on women's healthcare issues in the current political climate. This includes access to maternity rights, reproductive rights, and the policies that shape a woman's access to healthcare. This blog aims to alert the reader to current bills, activities, lobby efforts, scholarly articles, and news reports that impact the state of women's healthcare in Texas. This comprehensive assessment hopes to inspire the reader to discover his or her own voice in the midst of competing interests.

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

HB 1133

According to Amnesty International USA, national maternal mortality rates have climbed since 1987.  Texas HB 1133, The Maternal Health Accountability Act, aims to prevent unnecessary pregnancy-related deaths by establishing a Maternal Mortality Review Board.  The review board would consist of  a 15-member multidisciplinary advisory committee responsible for the study and review of pregnancy-related deaths, and recommendations for the prevention of such mortality rates.

HB 1133, authored by Texas Representative Armando Walle, is currently in the Public Health Committee and awaits the scheduling of a public hearing.
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