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Idaho Drops Panel Investigating Pregnancy-Related Deaths as US Maternal Mortality Surges

By Natalie Schachar July 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Amid a years-long rise in maternal mortality rates in the United States, Idaho lawmakers decided to disband a committee created to investigate pregnancy-related deaths.

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