Nearly two years after Texas' six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying | CNN
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Texas’ abortion restrictions – some of the strictest in the country – may be fueling a sudden spike in infant mortality as women are forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term.

Some 2,200 infants died in Texas in 2022 – an increase of 227 deaths, or 11.5%, over the previous year, according to preliminary infant mortality data from the Texas Department of State Health Services that CNN obtained through a public records request. Infant deaths caused by severe genetic and birth defects rose by 21.6%. That spike reversed a nearly decade-long decline. Between 2014 and 2021, infant deaths had fallen by nearly 15%.

    • RS888@kbin.social
      25·
      1 year ago

      Flour, eggs, water, and milk is not a cake, even when combined in a bowl. Sperm is not a person. An egg is not a person. A fetus is the equivalent of cake batter and your mom licked my spoon.

    • over_clox@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 year ago

      Independent life doesn’t begin until after birth and after the first breaths. Before then, the embryo/fetus is a parasite to the mother.

    • SeaJ@lemm.eeOP
      15·
      1 year ago

      A fetus is not a someone. Do you view miscarriages as manslaughter?

    • AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world
      9·
      1 year ago

      “Yes it is. Its a delibrate action with the intent to kill someone. How is it not murder?”

      By your deeply flawed definition, lethal self-defense is murder, as is combat warfare, as is unplugging a ventilator based on the persons explicit instructions.

      I wouldn’t expect more though, given your opinion.

      • Blamemeta@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Ok, I didn’t copy and paste the legal definition. Do you actually want me to bother, or are just here to call names?