“Among the causes of infant deaths, one increased the most: congenital abnormalities, which increased 22.9% in Texas in children… That trend suggests that at least in some cases, parents were forced to carry a pregnancy to term while knowing their children had little to no chance of survival”
in retrospect "people who want an abortion work out how to travel to a blue state; people who need an abortion for medical reasons are trapped in their state and forced to give birth" makes sense as the post-Roe reality but don't remember this being the claim bsky.app/profile/maxk...
This isn't an unexpected byproduct of abortion bans, it's one of the intended goals. The "pro-life" movement wants to force carrying non-viable pregnancies to term, and they want to make doctors and hospitals afraid to provide maternal care.
otoh the pro-choice movement was always talking about back-alley abortions, but it turns out New Mexico and safe abortifacients exists. It's kinda amazing how few people saw this outcome that *only* medically necessary abortions are banned.
