Using a comparative interrupted time series analysis, the study identified an excess of 216 infant deaths in Texas from March to December 2022, which is a 12.7% increase above expected numbers.

New data from Texas shows a possible consequence of abortion bans: a rise in infant mortality. In 2022, the year after the state’s six-week abortion ban took effect, deaths of infants before ...

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Gemmill's research found in 2021 there were 1,985 infant deaths in Texas occurring before a child reached one year old. After the state's abortion law took effect those numbers spiked.

These deaths spiked nearly 23 percent in Texas between 2021 and 2022, compared to a decrease of 3.1 percent in the rest of the United States during the same period.

North Texas leaders work toward solutions as infant mortality rates rise 07:21. The first year of life is one of the most vulnerable. Around the state and the country, infant mortality rates are ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Infant mortality is rising faster than expected in states with strict abortion limits or bans. Two new studies in the medical journal JAMA reveal how ...

In the study, infant mortality and excess births increased by far the most in Texas, which was responsible for 73% of excess births and 80% of excess deaths. Texas introduced an abortion ban ...

SAN ANTONIO - For former Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte, ... But despite efforts like this, SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths are on the rise in Bexar County.

But in Texas, the number of infants who died increased significantly more — 2,240 infants died, 255 more than in 2021, an increase of 13%. About one-fifth of infant deaths in the United States ...