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SeaJ Jul 21, 2023

Nearly two years after Texas' six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying

Nearly two years after Texas' six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying - lemm.ee

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%.

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realcaseyrollins Jul 21, 2023

I feel like the focus should now be finding ways to treat babies and children with genetic defects and whatnot, not letting people kill them again.

But hey, that makes me cruel, mean, and a crusader of death, I hear.

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dragonflyteaparty

You mean treat genetics defects like the ones detailed in the article? Where the babies couldn’t breathe because of the defect, the hemispheres of their brain didn’t separate properly and there was no hope of life? How about ones where their brain stem is exposed and they’ll never live? Or the ones where the brain never formed at all? It would be great if we could find cures and treatment for these things. But it’s pretty damn hard to treat something so tremendously wrong when the babies die within days to hours.