While Republican state-led efforts aim to increase restrictions to abortion care and access to mifepristone and misoprostol ...

The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth ...

Two studies found that infant mortality and births increased in most states with abortion bans after the Dobbs ruling.

Abortion bans in the United States are exacerbating existing health disparities as births increase in high-risk populations ...

USA abortion bans have led to more births but also a rise in infant mortality, with Southern states facing the greatest ...

Yahoo News provides the latest updates on what's happening at the state level with reproductive rights and abortion in 2025.

In 14 states that adopted abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned, birth rates and infant mortality increased, a pair ...

Researchers estimate that recent abortion bans have driven a rise in infant death rates in affected states, especially among ...

Infant mortality rates have increased in states that adopted abortion bans after the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, ...

A recent study shows that the number of infants dying after states implemented abortion bans is higher than expected.

Researchers found that abortion bans in 14 states led to nearly 22,200 additional births in 2023. During that same period, almost 480 more infants died, a 6 percent increase, in states with strict ...

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers analyzed the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., identifying ...