Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%, according to a new analysis published on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

Among the causes of infant deaths, one increased the most: congenital abnormalities, which increased 22.9% in Texas in children between 2021 and 2022, while they decreased 2.9% in the rest of the country. That trend suggests that at least in some cases, parents were forced to carry a pregnancy to term while knowing their children had little to no chance of survival, said Gemmill.

  • mister_monsterEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Good god the methodology.

    If you count abortions as deaths, which the state of Texas would, hence making it illegal, it’s impossible that they went up. But even without that…

    If more infants are born, because less abortions are happening of course, some of those are going to die.

    Neither of these are particularly noteworthy.

    Did deaths as a percentage of births go up? If not, this isn’t news at all.

    • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Hmm seems like it’s just reporting “oh you know those babies that didn’t have much of a chance that we would normally abort? well shocker after forcing women to carry them those babies died”

      Is it news maybe not. Does it add fuel to my outrage at the whole thing? Yes.