{"id":1173442,"date":"2024-06-24T13:46:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T17:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/?p=1173442"},"modified":"2024-06-25T08:56:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T12:56:27","slug":"texas-abortion-law-jama-pediatrics-study-increased-infant-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/texas-abortion-law-jama-pediatrics-study-increased-infant-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Infant deaths increased after Texas banned abortion in early pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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>