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Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, some states have imposed severe restrictions on access to abortion. In this episode: New research on what's happened to infant death and birth rates in these states.

Suzanne Bell is a Johns Hopkins demographer the department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health.

Alison Gemmill is a Johns Hopkins demographer and perinatal epidemiologist in the department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health.

Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

• After Abortion Bans, Infant Mortality and Births Increased, Research Finds—The New York Times

• Two New Studies Provide Broadest Evidence to Date of Unequal Impacts of Abortion Bans—Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• More Consequences of Abortion Restrictions: Increases in Infant Deaths in Texas—Public Health On Call (June, 2024)