A recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics reveals a concerning rise in infant deaths in Texas following the implementation of Senate Bill 8 (SB8), a 2021 law banning abortions after embryonic ...

A rise in infant deaths in Texas is linked to the state’s abortion ban passed in 2021, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. Analysts out of Johns Hopkins University and ...

Indeed, the study found that in 2022 infant deaths attributable to congenital abnormalities increased in Texas by 22.9 percent, compared with the rest of the U.S., where deaths from these ...

Texas' 2021 Abortion Ban Tied to Rise in Infant Deaths By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Following state legislation passed in 2021 that essentially ...

A rise in infant deaths in Texas is linked to the state’s abortion ban passed in 2021, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. Analysts out of Johns Hopkins University and ...

Texas leaders promised that the ban, enacted 10 months before Roe was overturned, would “save” newborn lives. A protester at Trafalgar Square following the abortion ban in Texas, on October 2 ...

Texas lawmakers touted their heartbeat law as an effort to save lives, but the state's near-total ban on abortion appears to have triggered an increase in infant deaths, according to a new study ...

Data shows it's not just a local problem. In 2022, for the first time in a decade, both Texas and the U.S. as a whole saw an increase in infant deaths.

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.

Gemmill's research found in 2021 there were 1,985 infant deaths in Texas occurring before a child reached one year old. After the state's abortion law took effect those numbers spiked.

Infant deaths in Texas rose by nearly 13% the year after SB8 was passed, from 1,985 in 2021 to 2,240 in 2022. During that same period, infant deaths rose by about 2% nationwide.

Overall, "an excess of 216 infant deaths" were recorded in Texas between March and December of 2022, Gemmill's team reported. The sharp rise in deaths linked to birth defects was particularly ...