Current Events > Infant mortality rate in US has risen for the first time in 20 years

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All according to plan - republicans

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

They found that, net of history, infant mortality is consistently higher under Republican-controlled state legislatures than non-Republicancontrolled ones. Going from a non-Republicancontrolled state Congress to a Republican-controlled one is associated with a 4.2% increase in infant mortality and an 8.1% increase in postneonatal mortality. Their findings show larger estimates for Black than for White infants, although the differences were not significant at conventional levels. Research has found that the introduction of Medicaid was associated with an 8% decline in non-White infant mortality between 1965 and 1980 (Goodman-Bacon, 2018). The annual increase in Black infant mortality under Republican legislatures found in this study is 5.9% that is, equal to about 75% the magnitude of the 15-year benefit attributed to the introduction of Medicaid.

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

Why not?

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/when-republicans-control-state-legislatures-infant-mortality-is-higher

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

Welcome to CE, where they'll bend over backwards to make literally anything that happens a Repubican's fault.

Welcome to CE, where they'll bend over backwards to make literally anything that happens a Repubican's fault.

Welcome to CE, where they'll bend over backwards to make literally anything that happens a Repubican's fault.

Four states were observed as having seen significantly increased infant mortality rates Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, and Texas

So it's just a coincidence that the four states with significant increases in infant mortality rates are all Republican-controlled states, each of which has strict abortion bans?

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

Four states were observed as having seen significantly increased infant mortality rates Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, and Texas

So it's just a coincidence that the four states with significant increases in infant mortality rates are all Republican-controlled states, each of which has strict abortion bans?

To be fair, those states were on the decline for infant mortality before any abortion bans. They've been going to war against women and PP long before that.

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

To be fair to whom?

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

Welcome to CE, where they'll bend over backwards to make literally anything that happens a Repubican's fault.

TC and Duncan's feelings on this subject.

Abortion is a vital and necessary women's healthcare option and one which reduces infant mortality rates, and half of the country banned it about a year ago.

This is a direct result of Roe being overturned.

Where'd you go, bros? There's been some facts posted y'all should probably be informed of. Or are you both too spineless?

Why?

There is a root cause not related to politics that needs to be addressed.

There is a root cause not related to politics that needs to be addressed.

All according to plan - republicans

There is a root cause not related to politics that needs to be addressed.

When you see something like this, your first thought should not immediately default to that.

There is a root cause not related to politics that needs to be addressed.

There is a root cause not related to politics that needs to be addressed.

Four states were observed as having seen significantly increased infant mortality rates Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, and Texas

So it's just a coincidence that the four states with significant increases in infant mortality rates are all Republican-controlled states, each of which has strict abortion bans?