US women are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or soon after than the 3 leading obstetric causes of death: hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage, sepsis. From 2018 to 2021, pregnant women had a 37% higher firearm homicide rate than nonpregnant women. https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/02/firearm-homicide-rates-higher-among-pregnant-women-than-nonpregnant-women-study-shows/