Evaluation suggests 2021 Texas abortion ban resulted in enhance in toddler deaths in state in 12 months after legislation went into impact

Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate toddler deaths anticipated if one of many nation’s most stringent state abortion legal guidelines had not been enacted. The research estimates that toddler deaths in Texas elevated greater than anticipated within the 12 months following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion in early being pregnant, particularly amongst infants with congenital anomalies.