ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Laws Restricting Access to Abortion Services and Infant Mortality Risk in the United States.
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- County-Level Structural Vulnerabilities in Maternal Health and Geographic Variation in Infant Mortality.The Journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- The role of restrictive abortion laws on modern contraceptive use in Sub Saharan Africa.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- States' Abortion Laws Associated With Intimate Partner Violence-Related Homicide Of Women And Girls In The US, 2014-20.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2024Article
- The association between reproductive rights and access to abortion services and mental health among US women.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Association Between Rates of Down Syndrome Diagnosis in States With vs Without 20-Week Abortion Bans From 2011 to 2018.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Association of State Gestational Age Limit Abortion Laws With Infant Mortality.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Racial/ethnic and educational inequities in restrictive abortion policy variation and adverse birth outcomes in the United States.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- From Restrictions to Outright Challenges: Abortion Laws and Population Health.American journal of public health · 2021Article
- State Abortion Policies and Maternal Death in the United States, 2015‒2018.American journal of public health · 2021Article
- Sociodemographic and Service Use Characteristics of Abortion Fund Cases from Six States in the U.S. Southeast.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Relegated Goal of Health Institutions: Sexual and Reproductive Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesSince the US Supreme Court's 1973
methodsWe used data on 11,972,629 infants and mothers from the US Cohort Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Files 2008-2010. State-level abortion laws included Medicaid funding restrictions, mandatory parental involvement, mandatory counseling, mandatory waiting period, and two-visit laws. Multilevel logistic regression was used to determine whether type or number of state-level restrictive abortion laws during year of birth were associated with odds of infant mortality.
resultsCompared to infants living in states with no restrictive laws, infants living in states with one or two restrictive laws (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.08; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.99-1.18) and those living in states with 3 to 5 restrictive laws (AOR = 1.10; 95% CI = 1.01-1.20) were more likely to die. Separate analyses examining the relationship between parental involvement laws and infant mortality risk, stratified by maternal age, indicated that significant associations were observed among mothers aged ≤19 years (AOR = 1.09, 95% CI = 1.00-1.19), and 20 to 25 years (AOR = 1.10, 95% CI = 1.03-1.17). No significant association was observed among infants born to older mothers.
conclusionRestricting access to abortion services may increase the risk for infant mortality.
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