States with abortion bans have more infant deaths, studies say

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One day we will wake to his obituary :-)

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

Two studies, published Thursday 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 to 478 more infant deaths than expected based on previous trends.

Among non-Hispanic Black infants, the death rate rose 11%, according to a team led by Alison Gemmill of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.

Researchers noted an increase in babies born with fatal birth defects -- cases in which abortion was previously an option.
 
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