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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnalysis Suggests 2021 Texas Abortion Ban Resulted in Increase in Infant Deaths...
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/analysis-suggests-2021-texas-abortion-ban-resulted-in-increase-in-infant-deaths-in-state-in-year-after-law-went-into-effectA study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers estimates that infant deaths in Texas increased more than expected in the year following the states 2021 ban on abortion in early pregnancy, especially among infants with congenital anomalies.
The Texas law prohibiting abortions after a fetal heartbeat could be detectedas early as five or six weekswent into effect September 1, 2021. At the time, the lawSenate Bill 8, or S.B. 8was the most stringent state abortion law in the country. It did not allow exemptions for congenital anomalies.
The researchers analysis of monthly death certificate data in Texas and the rest of the United States found that between 2021 and 2022, infant deaths in Texas rose from 1,985 to 2,240, a year-over-year increase of 255 deaths. This corresponds to a 12.9 percent increase in infant deaths in Texas versus a 1.8 percent increase in infant deaths in the rest of the U.S. during the same period. The study defines infants as under 12 months old.
The study was published online June 24 in JAMA Pediatrics.
The findings come as more U.S. states enact stricter abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Courts 2022 Dobbs decision, the landmark ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and returned abortion policymaking to the states.
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The study:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2819785?guestAccessKey=7d568a16-aea5-41e6-bb65-f9c586b2ecb0&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=062424
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Analysis Suggests 2021 Texas Abortion Ban Resulted in Increase in Infant Deaths... (Original Post)
Nevilledog
4 hrs ago
OP
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,761 posts)1. TX GOP: "And?"
lindysalsagal
(22,213 posts)2. Doubled maternal death rates, as well. Xtian state doesn't care.
Patriarchy is the goal
Solly Mack
(92,176 posts)3. K&R
Hekate
(94,019 posts)5. Fetal abnormalities that were never going to allow a baby to survive, forced to gestate...
until they can be born and then die.