"The repercussions of potentially preventable increases in infant mortality are significant," researchers said.
Deaths of infants in the state increased by 13 percent in 2022, a study found, driven by fatal birth defects. By Claire Cain ...
Governor Greg Abbott and every Republican politician in Texas all belong in a zoo. From the AP: ...
The study led by Johns Hopkins University researchers after the restrictive Texas abortion law also found an increase in the ...
A new study has drawn a possible link between rising infant mortality in Texas and the state’s abortion restrictions, which, ...
Texas was one of the first states to outlaw abortion, thanks to a trigger law prohibiting abortion once a fetal heartbeat is ...
Among causes of deaths, birth defects showed a 23% increase, compared to a decrease of about 3% in the rest of the U.S. The ...
Following state legislation passed in 2021 that essentially banned abortion in Texas, the rate of infant deaths rose by ...
A Texas law that banned abortions early in pregnancy is associated with a stark increase in infant and newborn deaths, new ...
A rise in infant deaths in Texas is linked to the state’s abortion ban passed in 2021, according to a study published in JAMA ...
The new study found that Texas' six-week abortion ban and others like it "may have negative spillover effects on infant ...