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 ...

"When you restrict access to health care it can cause a broader impact on public health," said study co-author Dr. Maria Gallo Since the overturn Roe v. Wade, infant mortality rates in the United ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a ...

Infant deaths were higher than expected in the months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal abortion right established by Roe v. Wade – and they were particularly high among babies born ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (Jan. 27, 2025) — Infant mortality in the United States decreased by 24.2% between 1999 and 2022. Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Children’s Hospital of Richmond at ...

Research findings suggest hospital adoption of health IT could lead to reduced neonatal mortality, according to a study published in the Journal of Political Economy. Researchers compared infant ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Research from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Children’s Hospital of Richmond (CHoR) shows that infant mortality rates have declined, but Sudden Unexpected Infant ...