Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the ...

In the first 18 months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, most states with abortion bans saw a rise in ...

Wade, most states with abortion bans saw a rise in infant deaths, new research reveals. Among non-Hispanic Black infants, the death rate rose 11 ... "If we are in a world where more people who ...

After the bans took effect, infant mortality rates were 6.26 per 1,000 live births, compared with an expected rate of 5.93 per 1,000, a relative increase of 5.60%. Infant deaths from congenital ...

Two studies, published Feb. 13 in JAMA, show that states that enforced complete or near-total abortion bans after six weeks of pregnancy saw a 6% overall rise in infant death rates. That added up ...

Two studies, published Feb. 13 in JAMA, show that states that enforced complete or near-total abortion bans after six weeks of pregnancy saw a 6% overall rise in infant death rates. That added ... “If ...

In this study, infant mortality and increased fertility were also concentrated in Southern states, with Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma having some of the highest rates. “One of the ...

However, people who are poor, non-white and live in southern states also now bear higher infant deaths and increased births because they lack access to abortion services, it added.