The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth ...

Abortion bans in the United States are exacerbating existing health disparities as births increase in high-risk populations ...

For every 1,000 live births in Michigan, six babies die before their first birthday. This is a decrease, but Michigan has one ...

Infant mortality rates have increased in US states which have enacted abortion bans, a study has found. Researchers estimate ...

While Republican state-led efforts aim to increase restrictions to abortion care and access to mifepristone and misoprostol ...

USA abortion bans have led to more births but also a rise in infant mortality, with Southern states facing the greatest ...

Two studies found that infant mortality and births increased in most states with abortion bans after the Dobbs ruling.

According to United Way of Tarrant County, 90% of pregnancy-related deaths have some chance of being preventable.

Researchers found that abortion bans in 14 states led to nearly 22,200 additional births in 2023. During that same period, almost 480 more infants died, a 6 percent increase, in states with strict ...

4-day conference on facility-based newborn care.

Infant mortality rates have increased in states that adopted abortion bans after the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, ...