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 ...

Another reader felt that the biggest benefits of a falling human population will be to the planet itself: “Less pollution, less deforestation, less mass extinctions of other species, etc., etc.

Arkansas, along with over a dozen other states that enacted near total abortion bans, saw an increase in infant mortality rates during the 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infant mortality decreased overall, but sudden unexpected infant deaths rose. SUID rates were highest among ...

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 VCU discovered this improvement ...

A recent study showed a nearly 12% rise in sudden unexpected infant deaths in the U.S. from 2020 to 2022, The New York Times reported Jan. 27. The findings, published Jan. 27 in JAMA Pediatrics, found ...