States that implemented abortion bans had higher infant mortality rates. A new study finds that the infant mortality rate for births connected to the abortion ban were higher than expected. Rates of ...

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Arkansas, along with over a dozen other states that enacted near total abortion bans, saw an increase in infant mortality rates during the 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a ...

In states with abortion bans, birth rates increased after Roe was overturned. Infant mortality rates also rose in these same states. The greatest differences were seen among marginalized women. In 14 ...

A new study found that infant mortality rates in Massachusetts were 14 times higher among babies whose mother experienced a pregnancy-associated death than among babies whose mother survived pregnancy ...

State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver, right, presents to the interim public health committee on Sept. 25, 2025. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) As Indiana’s maternal and infant ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Primary care providers and pediatricians should recognize the unintended consequences of restrictive abortion ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infant mortality decreased overall, but sudden unexpected infant deaths rose. SUID rates were highest among ...