"Pro-life" abortion restrictions kill, Texass edition:
Texas’ abortion restrictions – some of the strictest in the country – may be fueling a sudden spike in infant mortality as women are forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term.
Some 2,200 infants died in Texas in 2022 – an increase of 227 deaths, or 11.5%, over the previous year, according to preliminary infant mortality data CNN obtained through a public records request. Infant deaths caused by severe genetic and birth defects rose by 21.6%. That spike reversed a nearly decade-long decline. Between 2014 and 2021, infant deaths had fallen by nearly 15%.
In 2021, Texas banned abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy. When the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights the following summer, a trigger law in the state banned all abortions other than those intended to protect the life of the mother...
These forced- birth Republican monsters are playing with the lives of women in Texas and every one of these states:
(Source: New York Times)
Expect to see infant mortality rates rise in every state where a woman's right to choose is being denied or severely limited. Change begins with voting the monsters out, codifying Roe, then reforming the courts that are so unrepresentative of America and so heedless of established precedent. 2022 was a start. 2024 can't come too soon.
