Infant death rate spiked in Texas after restrictive abortion law, study finds
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The study led by Johns Hopkins University researchers after the restrictive Texas abortion law also found an increase in the rate of deaths from birth defects.
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Following state legislation passed in 2021 that essentially banned abortion in Texas, the rate of infant deaths rose by almost 13%, compared to a much smaller 1.8% rise nationwide, a new study finds.
A new study has drawn a possible link between rising infant mortality in Texas and the state’s abortion restrictions, which, when they took effect in 2021, were the strictest in the nation.
An almost complete abortion ban in the US state of Texas has been linked to a rise in infant deaths and in the number of babies born with congenital anomalies.
The study led by Johns Hopkins University researchers after the restrictive Texas abortion law also found an increase in the rate of deaths from birth defects.
In Texas, infant deaths increased by almost 13% in the year after Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB8) was passed, rising from 1,985 in 2021 to 2,240 in 2022. Nationwide, infant deaths rose by about 2% during
