Stricter abortion laws may cause increased infant deaths − 2 maternal and child health researchers explain the data

By Almut Winterstein, Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, University of Florida
Sonja Rasmussen, Professor of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the constitutional right to abortion, according to an October 2024 study.

Those findings followed another study that reported a 12.7% rise in infant mortality in Texas after the implementation…

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