Infant mortality has risen in states that enacted tighter abortion restrictions in the wake of the June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision[1]. This occurs for newborns – those less than a day old – as well as older infants – those 1 month to 1 year old.
In addition, states with new restrictions that include health exceptions[2], which permit an abortion to be performed to save the life of the mother or...