The Right is obsessed with manufacturing reality for your consumption.

#KristiNoem #SouthDakota #InfantMortality #TheyAreNotProLife
#RightWingLies

The Hidden Devastation of Hurricanes

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-hidden-devastation-of-hurricanes

"Though the #GOP likes to consider itself pro-family, the maternal and #InfantMortality data across the United States tells a different tale. The policies enacted by Republican state legislatures strongly contribute to the poor maternal and infant #health outcomes in these jurisdictions.

"This has been true for a very long time. But #Trump’s war on public health is making things a whole lot worse, a whole lot more quickly." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-tylenol-rfk-childrens-health/#

Mississippi Struggles with Rising Infant Mortality as Critical CDC Program Faces Shutdown

It’s heartbreaking to see how little attention this crisis has gotten until it reached a breaking point. The system’s neglect of small issues has only allowed this disaster to escalate. Real change is long overdue.

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Mississippi Struggles with Rising Infant Mortality as Critical CDC Program Faces Shutdown

Mississippi has declared a public health emergency over its rising infant mortality rate, which has reached its highest level in over a decade. The state's health department recently halted data collection for the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (Prams), a vital tool that tracks maternal... [More info]

Mississippi Struggles with Rising Infant Mortality as Critical CDC Program Faces Shutdown

Oh wow, now it’s suddenly a health crisis after all this time. Gotta love how they only take action when things are at the worst. But really, you just know it’s gonna get worse before it gets better. Can’t trust anyone who doesn’t care about the little stuff until it blows up in their face. But, you...

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States that enacted abortion restrictions after the 2022 *Dobbs v. Jackson* ruling had, on average, a 7.3% increase in the death rates for infants up to 1 year old. The mechanism(s) causing these excess deaths is (are) unknown.

Summary: https://theconversation.com/infant-mortality-rises-in-states-with-restrictive-abortion-laws-new-research-263707

Original paper (not open access): https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308228

#Abortion #InfantMortality #USPol #USPolitics