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 ...

The findings show families who got water from wells downstream from a site contaminated with PFAS saw higher rates of infant ...

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 ...

In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change. A growing body of ...

Abortion bans in 14 US states correlated with a 5.60% increase in infant mortality, resulting in 478 excess deaths. Non-Hispanic Black infants experienced a 10.98% relative increase in mortality, ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Primary care providers and pediatricians should recognize the unintended consequences of restrictive abortion ...

State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver, right, presents to the interim public health committee on Sept. 25, 2025. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) As Indiana’s maternal and 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 ...