Infant deaths surge in Texas after abortion ban

[speak easy]

Deaths of babies born in Texas increased 11.5 percent in 2022, the year after the state banned abortion after six weeks, a period before most women know they are pregnant.

In 2022, some 2,200 infants died, according to data obtained by CNN through a public information request. That is 227 more deaths than the state saw in the previous year, before the restrictive law went into effect.

Infant deaths due to severe genetic and birth defects rose 21.6 percent.

The overall trend of more babies dying in the Lone Star State reverses a nearly 10-year decline in infant deaths there, CNN noted. Between 2014 and 2021, infant deaths in Texas had fallen nearly 15 percent.

The new grim statistics are only expected to worsen. Abortion bans and restrictions are known to increase infant deaths, maternal deaths, and maternal suffering. And the US already has the worst maternal and infant mortality rates of any other high-income country in the world

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/07/infant-deaths-surge-in-texas-after-abortion-ban/

In other news, "Texas’ maternal mortality rates have more than doubled since 1999"
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/texas-maternal-mortality-rates-increased-18210529.php

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. TX GOP: "Eh."

[Lovie777]

2. Survival of the fittest and money.......................

Texas don't care nor do many of the red states care about infant deaths and suffering nor maternal deaths and suffering. If they did, these women would have adequate medical care and once babies are born adequate medical care.

The repeat of history is upon us. It's not about woke nor crt, it's about compassion for fellow human beings.

Christians my arse.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

3. The Party of Death.

And brainwashed cultism.