Study links spike in infant deaths to Texas abortion ban
Infant deaths surged 12.9% in Texas compared with 1.8% for the rest of the country after the state in 2021 enacted a strict abortion ban with no exceptions for birth defects, according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics.
Infant deaths attributed to congenital anomalies, or birth defects, rose 22.9% in Texas compared with a decrease of 3.1% for the rest of the country.
Preliminary infant mortality data obtained by CNN last year suggested the restrictions were fueling a spike in deaths as more women were forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term.
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/24/texas-i...ortion-ban
Infant deaths surged 12.9% in Texas compared with 1.8% for the rest of the country after the state in 2021 enacted a strict abortion ban with no exceptions for birth defects, according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics.
Infant deaths attributed to congenital anomalies, or birth defects, rose 22.9% in Texas compared with a decrease of 3.1% for the rest of the country.
Preliminary infant mortality data obtained by CNN last year suggested the restrictions were fueling a spike in deaths as more women were forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term.
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/24/texas-i...ortion-ban
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
