Births have increased in states with abortion bans, research finds | CNN
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Nearly a quarter of people seeking an abortion in the United States were unable to get one due to bans that took effect after the Supreme Court Dobbs decision, researchers estimate. In the first half of 2023, states with abortion bans had an average fertility rate that was 2.3% higher than in states where abortion was not restricted, according to the analysis — leading to about 32,000 more births than expected.

Nearly a quarter of people seeking an abortion in the United States were unable to get one due to bans that took effect after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, researchers estimate. In the first half of 2023, states with abortion bans had an average fertility rate that was 2.3% higher than states where abortion was not restricted, according to the analysis – leading to about 32,000 more births than expected.

The findings are based on preliminary births data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The research has not yet been peer-reviewed but experts say the data paints a clear picture about the direct impact of abortion restrictions.

“It’s an assault on reproductive autonomy,” said Alison Gemmill, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She was not involved in the new analysis, but has published research on the effect that a strict abortion law had on births in Texas.

  • SpacehooksEnglish
    102·
    7 months ago

    Conservatives: all part of the plan

    Meanwhile everyone else us wondering what the effect of all those unwanted children will have in the next 30 years for those families.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      48·
      7 months ago

      Wait until those conservatives find out that POC are having more kids than white people (in part due to less access to affordable contraception).

    • Pirky@lemmy.world
      38·
      7 months ago

      I would recommend looking up Decree 770 that Romania enacted in 1967. I think we can expect a similar fallout to that if we choose not to help these kids.

      • SpacehooksEnglish
        44·
        7 months ago

        From wiki “the argument that children who are born after their mothers are refused an abortion are much more likely to commit crimes or refuse to recognize authority when they reach adulthood. They further argue that the Decreței are exactly the same people who spearheaded the Romanian revolution where Ceaușescu’s regime was violently overthrown in 1989”

        This is kind of what I expected. Good to know there was data supporting it for my future discussions.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
      24·
      7 months ago

      the effect of all those unwanted children will have in the next 30 years for those families.

      Conservatives: also part of the plan