Texas abortion ban linked to infant deaths: Study

(NewsNation) — Researchers are blaming an increase in infant deaths in the state of Texas on the state's abortion ban in a study released Monday.

Between 2021 and 2022, infant deaths rose from 1,985 to 2,240 in Texas, according to the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study.

It's a 12.9% increase in infant deaths in the state compared to a 1.8% increase in infant deaths in the rest of the country during the same period. 

Alison Gemmil, one of the study’s lead authors, said that this study is “particularly relevant” given the second anniversary of the June 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson.