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 ...

A Texas law that banned abortions in early pregnancy is associated with a stark increase in infant and newborn deaths, a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics found. Lawmakers passed Texas ...

By Claire Cain Miller New data from Texas shows a possible consequence of abortion bans: a rise in infant mortality. In 2022, the year after the state’s six-week abortion ban took effect ...

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.

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 ...

The first year of life is one of the most vulnerable. Around the state and the country, infant mortality rates are rising In Texas, research has found that the highest infant death rate in the ...

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 ...

Overall, the number of infant deaths in Texas rose by nearly 13% – from 1,985 in 2021 to 2,240 in 2022 – compared with a roughly 2% rise in deaths found among other states. The study found a ...

A Texas law signed in 2021 bans all abortions in the state after the detection of a fetal heartbeat. MARK FELIX/Getty The study analyzed 94,720 recorded infant deaths in Texas and 28 comparison ...

An abortion ban in Texas may have resulted in an unexpected increase in infant mortality, according to new research. In 2021, Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the Texas Heartbeat Act ...