“On nearly every measure, people in banned and restrictive states have worse outcomes than their counterparts in supportive states.'
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade last June, it allowed states to ban abortion altogetherin its decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health. The states that have come closest to outright bans already had big problems with maternal and infant health, a new report says.
It classified Ohio’s law — which bans the vast majority of abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — as being one of those in 16 states that were “restrictive” of abortion rights. Maternal mortality — deaths during and shortly after pregnancy — was 1.7 times more likely in those states than in states with supportive abortion policies.
The Gender Equity Policy Institute used data from the Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to do its analysis. The findings were stark. The connection between maternal and infant health and states that passed abortion bans or tight restrictions doesn’t seem to be straightforward. But many of those same states appear to be among those that place the least emphasis on women’s and children’s health.
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