Chairman Hinojosa Releases Statement on Report of Texas Republicans Delaying the Release of Maternal Health Data

AUSTIN, Texas -- Today, following a Houston Chronicle report on Texas Republicans delaying the release of data on pregnancy-related deaths in Texas until after the 2022 midterm elections and 2023 legislative session, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa released the following statement:

“Let there be no doubt that Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, Ken Paxton, and their Republican cronies are withholding this crucial data from Texans because it shows what we have cried out for decades: that restricting abortion care has horrific and fatal consequences for women.

“We knew this to be true because we, unlike Republicans, study the hard data. We, unlike Republicans, create public policy and govern based on logic and facts – not fear and misinformation. 

“By withholding this data from the Texas public who deserve to see it, Texas Republicans are hoping that we won’t be able to see the devastating impacts of their brutal, draconian, extreme abortion ban that has no exceptions for incest or rape. 

“We told you – these abortion bans will kill women. 

“Now, Republicans are reaping what they have sewn, and they want to cover it up because they know how damaging it is to their chances of success in the midterm elections.

“Make no mistake: whether or not Greg Abbott covers up the evidence of the fatal disaster he’s created with his abortion ban, we are still angry beyond reproach. And – to save the lives of our fellow Texans – in eight weeks, we will vote these extremists out of office.”