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

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

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

In 14 states that adopted abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned, birth rates and infant mortality increased, a pair ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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