COVID was a huge factor in the 2021 increase, though. That doesn't mean that you aren't right, it's just that I wouldn't expect any numbers exceeding that spike anytime soon, even after that awful decision.
That said, US maternal mortality rates are shameful and far exceed any comparably wealthy country and they have been long going in the wrong direction even before COVID.
COVID was a huge factor in the 2021 increase, though. That doesn't mean that you aren't right, it's just that I wouldn't expect any numbers exceeding that spike anytime soon, even after that awful decision.
That said, US maternal mortality rates are shameful and far exceed any comparably wealthy country and they have been long going in the wrong direction even before COVID.