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

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 ...

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers analyzed the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., identifying ...

Researchers estimate that recent abortion bans have driven a rise in infant death rates in affected states, especially among ...

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

Infant mortality rates have increased in US states which have enacted abortion bans following the landmark ruling overturning ...

Yahoo News provides the latest updates on what's happening at the state level with reproductive rights and abortion in 2025.

Infant mortality increased in 14 states that enacted six-week or total abortion bans between 2012 and 2023, a new study finds. Infant mortality increased in states that enacted six-week or total ...

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

Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the ...

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