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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...