In the year and a half following the Supreme Court Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to an abortion, hundreds more infants died than expected in the United States, new research shows. The vast majority of those infants had congenital anomalies, or birth defects.
I wish this were the case. While greater parental wealth means better health outcomes for their infants, it is still significantly lower than outcomes for comparable infants of wealthy parents in welfare states.
Intentionally undermining health infrastructure with the intention to harm women, working people, and minorities harms health outcomes for everyone.