Deaths of babies under 28 days old increased by over 10 percent between 2021 and 2022.
Deaths of infants in Texas rose significantly over expected rates after the state’s near-total abortion ban went into effect in 2021, causing hundreds of excess deaths, a new study published on the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision finds. Published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, the study found that infant mortality rose by 13 percent between 2021 and 2022, while the rest of the...
