Nearly two years after Texas' six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying | CNN
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Texas’ abortion restrictions – some of the strictest in the country – may be fueling a sudden spike in infant mortality as women are forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term.

Some 2,200 infants died in Texas in 2022 – an increase of 227 deaths, or 11.5%, over the previous year, according to preliminary infant mortality data from the Texas Department of State Health Services that CNN obtained through a public records request. Infant deaths caused by severe genetic and birth defects rose by 21.6%. That spike reversed a nearly decade-long decline. Between 2014 and 2021, infant deaths had fallen by nearly 15%.

  • pseudorandom@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    These babies were going to die anyway. Either with a medically safe abortion or through a complicated and risky pregnancy that also risks the mother’s life.