Skyrocketing maternal deaths in Texas set to get special focus from lawmakers

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Mothers are dying after they give birth in Texas more than any other place in the industrialized world according to doctors in the state.
Lawmakers did not successfully pass a bill continuing a task force to tackle the issue. Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott laid out a long list of agenda items lawmakers must take up during the special legislative session in July.
According to the Department of State Health Services, African-American mothers die in much greater numbers than women