Claim: "Between 1990 and 2013, the maternal mortality rate for women in the U.S. has increased by 136%."
Fact-check: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says maternal mortality rate for U.S. women shot up 136 percent  
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Fauzeya Rahman
Date published: 2016-02-01T00:00:00