Abortion Bans have resulted in Increased Infant Mortality in Red States

Trying to stop abortions has completely backfired causing more children to die

A pair of recent new studies of states with abortion bans have generated shocking results, the rate of infant deaths has greatly increased in Texas which has implemented a 6-week abortion ban without any exceptions.

[Focusing] on a Texas law that came into effect in September 2021, which prohibited abortion after a fetal heartbeat could be detected -- putting about a six-week limit on the procedure, with no exceptions for congenital anomalies.

Researchers say that trends observed since the Texas law came into effect can inform what may also be happening in states where bans came after the 2022 Supreme Court ruling.

By reviewing death certificates, scientists noted a 12.9 percent increase in the number of deaths of babies under a year old in Texas from 2021 to 2022, as compared with a 1.8 percent rise when all states but Texas were considered.

Also from 2021 to 2022, researchers saw a 22.9 percent increase in Texas in the number of deaths of newborns that were linked to congenital illnesses -- the primary cause of infant mortality.

"These findings suggest that restrictive abortion policies may have important unintended consequences in terms of infant health and the associated trauma to families and medical costs," said Alison Gemmill, the study's main author and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Texas has since banned all abortions, except in cases where the mother's life is in danger.

But fear of prosecution has led some doctors in the Lone Star State to refuse to intervene even when patients experience serious complications during a pregnancy, according to testimony from women.

So even though they claim that they are “protecting life” they are actually only increasing death.

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