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Infant mortality in the U.S. worsened after Supreme Court limited abortion access (www.latimes.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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Infant deaths have increased in the United States since the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade and allowed states to make abortion illegal, researchers reported Monday.

The change became detectable three months after the June 2022 ruling with an elevated rate of infant mortality involving babies born with serious congenital anomalies, the researchers found.

By the end of 2023, there were six months when the death rate for infants with severe anatomical problems was significantly higher than in the years leading up to the high court's decision. The researchers also identified three months when the nation's overall infant mortality rate had increased.

However, neither of those rates fell below their historical range in the year and a half after the ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

The findings, reported Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, were seen as a clear sign that the Dobbs decision has prevented some women from terminating pregnancies that otherwise would have ended in abortion.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 92 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

And no one was surprised. The anti abortionists now get to talk about their god's will.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 weeks ago

For real. Well, minor amendment. The only people surprised by this are the folks who find no connection between extensive firearm sales and firearm deaths.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

System works as designed. Whoever says any of this is about "saving babies" is a despicable liar.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

they're a death cult

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Death panel

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

It looks like the will of the gods is that humans are harmed by anthropogenic climate change. Nice one.

[+] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world -13 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

So babies that were previously aborted that weren't counted in the infant mortality rate are now dying after birth and are counted in the infant mortality rate.

Either way, it's the same number of dead babies.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Same number maybe but now the mothers are also made to carry term non-viable babies and are exposed to the danger of child birth for what? Moral brownie points?

[–] feannag@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

In these cases, though, access to abortion means less suffering, both for the fetus/child and the mother.

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, but with an extra large helping of pain and suffering. That's the problem.

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Let's not beat around the bush here. They were aborted because they were basically already dead in the "Fist of the North Star" sense of the phrase. Nothing could be done to save them. The would-be mothers knew there was nothing that could save their pregnancies. Their doctors knew there was nothing that could save these pregnancies. They were forced to keep going anyway.

[–] nman90@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

But now you have the additional costs and trauma of giving birth just to see the baby die in your arms, and for what, because some crazy people say its their sky dads will.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

Abortions do not result in dead babies.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They are fine with these kids dying because it's "God's will". It was never about protecting kids.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Sadly, someone close to me has been poisoned by this religious nonsense.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 weeks ago

Infant mortality in the U.S. worsened after Supreme Court limited ~~abortion~~ health care access

FTFY.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The average age of SCOTUS justice is 63. 63! They haven't had skin in this game since the late fucking 1900s.

[–] ziggurat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe you could try selling them some viagra

[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

The consequences of prolife politicians and their voters: "This corresponds with a 7% absolute increase in infant mortality overall ( ≈ 247 excess deaths; 95% CI, 73-421) and 10% in infant mortality with congenital anomalies ( ≈ 204 excess deaths; 95% CI, 60-348) in relevant months after Dobbs.".

The excess deaths are still ongoing probably and i'm interested in extrapolating it to a per year statistic, but I can't make out over how many months this data was, that part of the article reads like a convoluted mess for me and I have no desire to decipher it.

[–] Melody@lemmy.one 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They faffed around, and now they're finding out that, yes, the experts were in fact right! Restricting abortion access does cause more deaths and poor health outcomes!

[–] AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

I guarantee that nobody is surprised by this. This was a fully intended consequence.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Abortion is MURDER but a Baby LITERALLY Dying is OK with me a Pro Life Republican!