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

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 ...

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

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

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

States that implemented abortion bans had an estimated 0.33 additional infant deaths per 1,000 live births above the expected ...

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

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

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

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