After Roe was overturned, US had infant mortality spike, researchers say

I’m not sure that people expected infant mortality rates to increase following Dobbs. It’s not necessarily what people were thinking about. But when you restrict access to health care it can cause a broader impact on public health than can be foreseen,” said Maria Gallo, an OSU professor of epidemiology.

The research did not reflect state by state variations, but the study’s authors said they expect impacts to be more pronounced in states with more restrictive abortion laws.

Post-Dobbs Infant Mortality Spike Shows 'We Must Restore Abortion Rights'​

"The U.S. has a higher infant mortality rate than before the Dobbs decision—a direct result of Trump’s right-wing Supreme Court and extreme MAGA abortion bans," Jayapal said on social media. "Another proof point that this was never about protecting life. We must restore abortion rights."

Research published in JAMA Pediatrics in June showed "increased infant mortality in Texas following passage of Senate Bill 8, banning abortion in early pregnancy," notes the new paper, published in the same journal. "The increase appeared pronounced among infants with congenital anomalies, potentially owing to frail fetuses more often being carried to term following the implementation of abortion restrictions."

Infant death rates found to be higher post-Roe​

Infant death rates were higher than expected for several months after the Supreme Court struck down the federal right to abortion, with most of the increase coming from infants with birth defects, researchers reported on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
Why it matters: It's the latest evidence suggesting infants born in states with more abortion restrictions are likelier to die before they're 1 year old.

• The new findings potentially indicate that frail fetuses were more often carried to term following the implementation of state abortion curbs, the Ohio State University epidemiologists wrote.

What they found: A review of infant mortality trends for the 18 months after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision concluded there were an average of 247 more deaths in October 2022, March 2023 and April 2023, corresponding to a 7% absolute increase in infant mortality.

• There was a 10% increase in infant mortality with birth defects, which can cover heart abnormalities, spina bifida and other disorders.
• Infant mortality wasn't lower than expected for any month after the Dobbs decision, in June 2022.

The findings track with earlier research showing a spike in infant deaths in Texas after the state in 2021 enacted a strict abortion ban with no exceptions for birth defects, the researchers wrote.

What they're saying: "This is evidence of a national ripple effect," lead author Parvati Singh told CNN. "Mortality is the ultimate outcome of any health condition. This is a very, very acute indicator. It could be representative of underlying morbidity and underlying hardship."

Roe, Roe, Roe you vote...

The pro fetus crowd must be very proud.

Restrict health care and the mortality rate goes up.

Who could have guessed?

So, in order to keep infant mortality at a lower rate we need to abort more babies?

According to the article, an assistant professor is quoted as saying there is a 10% increase babies born with congenital anomalies and a 7% increase in infant mortality. The authors of the study attribute the increase in mortality to the increase in births of babies with congenital anomalies with both being a consequence of Dobbs. The implication being that 30% of these babies survive when given the opportunity where previously they were all killed in the womb.

Artymoon said:

So, in order to keep infant mortality at a lower rate we need to abort more babies?

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Yeah, it’s bizarre that the quoted assistant professor’s definition of “healthcare” is killing all of the patients when their study found that 30% of the patients survive when given actual healthcare.

Napoleon said:

Yeah, it’s bizarre that the quoted assistant professor’s definition of “healthcare” is killing all of the patients when their study found that 30% of the patients survive when given actual healthcare.

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For real. Also, it seems I've heard more about our population rates decreasing so we need to bring in more people. Maybe it's just me but it seems like you would want the birthrate to increase.

Artymoon said:

So, in order to keep infant mortality at a lower rate we need to abort more babies?

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Or provide poor mothers with free prenatal health care But that’s socialism

Citizen said:

Or provide poor mothers with free prenatal health care But that’s socialism

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If those sluts can't afford prenatal care they should keep their legs closed until they find a man with money who will commit. But don't expect it as a free goodie from the honest taxpayers who aren't whoring themselves.

MAGA!

Citizen said:

Or provide poor mothers with free prenatal health care But that’s socialism

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In my area poor mothers can get reduced and even free prenatal care and of course there is Medicaid.

Artymoon said:

For real. Also, it seems I've heard more about our population rates decreasing so we need to bring in more people. Maybe it's just me but it seems like you would want the birthrate to increase.

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Birth rate increase by force and coercion. How nice. How many are now forced to give birth to non viable babies. And then some of them not being able to have future children. The pro fetus crowd is wonderful.

Hari Seldon said:

Birth rate increase by force and coercion. How nice.

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Drama post alert. If only there were ways to not get pregnant...

Hari Seldon said:

How many are now forced to give birth to non viable babies. And then some of them not being able to have future children. The pro fetus crowd is wonderful.

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By orders of magnitude less than viable pregnancies terminated. Don't worry though, abortion is alive and well and always will be.

Artymoon said:

Drama post alert. If only there were ways to not get pregnant...


By orders of magnitude less than viable pregnancies terminated. Don't worry though, abortion is alive and well and always will be.

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The same pro fetus assholes are against readily available contraception as well. Politicians and religious zealots have no business making medical decisions for others.

Forced-birth has had obvious consequences. No one shroud be surprises at at this.

Well, it is now settled law.

Artymoon said:

So, in order to keep infant mortality at a lower rate we need to abort more babies?

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It demonstrates that women that arent healthy enough (or dont stop doing drugs or drinking, etc) are producing more babies with defects that are severe and not survivable. Putting the women at additional risk as well by denying the the choice to abort them.

It also demonstrates that doctors and families are being denied the choice in general to abort unborn with severe fetal anomalies and defects, forcing women to KNOWINGLY carry unborn that will die shortly after birth or have no quality of life. Can you imagine the suffering and grief of that women/couple? All those weeks/months? Risking her future fertility to carry a mortally defective unborn just to satisfy the crass, selfish "beliefs" of strangers who wont be the ones suffering their consequences?

It's about quality of life, not quantity. When you reduce this to numbers, you dehumanize both woman and unborn. In reality, this is an individual issue affecting individuals who suffer...not a line graph chart. (The unborn suffer nothing)

Artymoon said:

For real. Also, it seems I've heard more about our population rates decreasing so we need to bring in more people. Maybe it's just me but it seems like you would want the birthrate to increase.

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??? More people with defects and at higher risk of requiring more tax dollars in support and less likely to be full time workers? Less likely to reproduce themselves? I'm not devaluing them as people but since we're discussing economic value, that's my focus.

When you acknowledge there are millions of people who would love to immigrate here legally and work? Ready to work and pay taxes immediately and not have to wait 18 yrs?

So your reason doesnt make sense, unless you can explain it?

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In my area poor mothers can get reduced and even free prenatal care and of course there is Medicaid.

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Ah....more tax dollars spent. And I find it interesting that so many on the right who blame so many of society's ills on single mothers...now want to demand they give birth...and intentionally create more single mothers.

Can you explain this strange incongruency?

Artymoon said:

Drama post alert. If only there were ways to not get pregnant...

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Having sex is normal social behavior. What other normal social behaviors to we punish by denying participants the safest medical procedures when they have accidents?

Do we deny skiers or drivers the safest medical treatment when they have accidents? So why should women be denied abortions? And no, it's not a BS question...unless your arguments are only based on feelings and not law or reason.

MAGAS don't seem to go past "stop the baby killers!" The rest is just their imagination of what the consequences are. They deny reality, that's the scary part about all this hocus pocus bias poured into American laws.

It's not like they thought this plan out. Hence the increased rate of death for everyone involved. They think God has a plan, and we should let it take its course from what I've heard out of their mouths.

Vote people!

Lursa said:

Having sex is normal social behavior. What other normal social behaviors to we punish by denying participants the safest medical procedures when they have accidents?

Do we deny skiers or drivers the safest medical treatment when they have accidents? So why should women be denied abortions? And no, it's not a BS question...unless your arguments are only based on feelings and not law or reason.

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Punishment! You got that right!

Artymoon said:

In my area poor mothers can get reduced and even free prenatal care and of course there is Medicaid.

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You must not live in a southern state. Welfare recipients are more likely to get coverage than the working poor

Citizen said:

You must not live in a southern state. Welfare recipients are more likely to get coverage than the working poor

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They're clueless, yet they can vote for this kind of shit in under 5 minutes. They couldn't care less what the repercussions are.

Lursa said:

It demonstrates that women that arent healthy enough (or dont stop doing drugs or drinking, etc) are producing more babies with defects that are severe and not survivable. Putting the women at additional risk as well by denying the the choice to abort them.

It also demonstrates that doctors and families are being denied the choice in general to abort unborn with severe fetal anomalies and defects, forcing women to KNOWINGLY carry unborn that will die shortly after birth or have no quality of life. Can you imagine the suffering and grief of that women/couple? All those weeks/months? Risking her future fertility to carry a mortally defective unborn just to satisfy the crass, selfish "beliefs" of strangers who wont be the ones suffering their consequences?

It's about quality of life, not quantity. When you reduce this to numbers, you dehumanize both woman and unborn. In reality, this is an individual issue affecting individuals who suffer...not a line graph chart. (The unborn suffer nothing)

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