According to a new study from the Gender Equity Policy Institute, the number of women who have died while pregnant or from labor complications has risen drastically in Texas since the state's abortion ban went into effect in 2021.

Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period.

Cohen, president of GEPI, said, “There’s only one explanation for this staggering difference in maternal mortality. All the research points to Texas’ abortion ban as the primary driver of this alarming increase.

Maternal mortality rates have risen across the nation—at an 11% clip from 2019 to 2022, CDC data show. In Texas, the number of women who died while pregnant, during labor, or soon after childbirth jumped 56%,

An NBC News Exclusive: a look at the maternal mortality crisis in Texas. Now with a near-total ban on abortion in place, numbers could go up even more in Texas and other places with similar abortion restrictions.