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

Within months of the Supreme Court ruling that eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, infant mortality rates in the United States were significantly higher, according to a new study. 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,...