U.S. abortion bans and infant mortality

JAMA

2025-02-13

(Press-News.org) About The Study: U.S. states that adopted abortion bans had higher than expected infant mortality after the bans took effect. The estimated relative increases in infant mortality were larger for deaths with congenital causes and among groups that had higher than average infant mortality rates at baseline, including Black infants and those in southern states.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Alison Gemmill, PhD, email agemmill@jhu.edu.

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