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Since Texas\u2019 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<\/a>. In the rest of the country, infant mortality increased less than 2% over the same period.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had read the literature that was showing an association [of infant death increases] with prior abortion restrictions or states that are hostile to abortion,\u201d said lead author Alison Gemmill, a demographer and perinatal epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. But they weren\u2019t sure how strong the connection was.<\/p>

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