r/facepalm • u/ThatMysteriousUser • Aug 27 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Welp

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u/Isabella_Bee Aug 27 '24

Six babies that they know of.

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u/rhetoricalnonsense Aug 27 '24

More information can be found here:

TLDR:

The new study compared infant death rates in Texas from 2018 to 2022 to those of 28 other states. The data included newborns 28 days or younger and infants up to 12 months old. Infant deaths in Texas rose by nearly 13% the year after SB8 was passed, from 1,985 in 2021 to 2,240 in 2022. During that same period, infant deaths rose by about 2% nationwide.

Babies born with congenital anomalies also increased in Texas, by nearly 23%, but decreased by about 3% nationwide. 

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u/gobsmacked247 Aug 27 '24

I never thought about it but if the mother is not planning on keeping the baby, the mother is not taking care to go to doctor appointments or take prenatal vitamins or any of the things you do to have a healthy baby. Damn, I never thought of that…

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u/purplepluppy Aug 27 '24

And women being forced to give birth to extremely ill babies that won't survive long, which normally would be aborted when the issues are discovered.