CNN —In the year and a half following the Supreme Court Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to an abortion, hundreds more infants died than expected in the United States, new research shows.
They found that infant mortality was higher than usual in the US in several months after the Dobbs decision and never dropped to rates that were lower than expected.
In the months that infant mortality was higher than expected – October 2022, March 2023 and April 2023 – rates were about 7% higher than typical, leading to an average of 247 more infant deaths in each of those months.
She was not involved in the new study, but does research abortion trends in the US.
Abortion bans may affect access to and willingness to seek prenatal care and broader support systems, she said, and the barriers compound.
Persons:
Dobbs, ”, Parvati Singh, Singh, Dr, Maria Gallo, ” Singh, Ushma, “, ” Upadhyay, Sanjay Gupta, aren’t, Alison Gemmill, “ It’s
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CNN, Ohio State University College of Public Health, University of California, CNN Health, “, Johns Hopkins University
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United States, Texas, San Francisco