States that implemented abortion bans had higher infant mortality rates. A new study finds that the infant mortality rate for births connected to the abortion ban were higher than expected. Rates of ...

Infant mortality rates have increased in states that adopted abortion bans after the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, according to a new study. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

Babies born where maternity care is scarce face greater danger, but new research reveals uneven impacts across racial groups.

Analysis of more than 18 million births reveals infants born in counties with no maternity care access face a 14% higher risk of death. The paper, "Maternity Care Access and Infant Mortality", ...

In states with abortion bans, birth rates increased after Roe was overturned. Infant mortality rates also rose in these same states. The greatest differences were seen among marginalized women. In 14 ...

U.S.-born individuals have higher odds of infant mortality than non-U.S.-born individuals, according to a study published ...

A new study found that infant mortality rates in Massachusetts were 14 times higher among babies whose mother experienced a pregnancy-associated death than among babies whose mother survived pregnancy ...

As Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates tick down, the work isn’t done for health care advocates seeking to improve the state’s outcomes. Over a dozen people spoke to the state’s Interim ...

Infant mortality rates have increased in US states which have enacted abortion bans, a study has found. Researchers estimate there were 478 infant deaths across 14 states which have outright bans or ...