A new CDC report has found that US infant mortality rates rose by 3% in 2022, with significant increases among Native Americans and white non-Hispanics, and among male babies. This is appalling and worrying. It must be addressed.
Leading causes of death were maternal complications and bacterial sepsis of newborns. Health policies that affect mothers and children (or more accurately, lack thereof) are also a significant cause. Could abortion bans also be contributing? We simply don’t know.
We do know that infant mortality rose significantly in four states: Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, and Texas. It’s time to find out why.
Please co-sponsor the NEWBORN Act (S.2978 and H.R.5789), which, if passed, would “create infant mortality-focused pilot programs in the highest-risk areas of the country.”
In the wealthiest country in the world infant mortality rates should not be increasing. We need to get to the bottom of this immediately. Please support the quick passage of these bills so we can begin to find out what’s gone wrong. Thanks.
First sent on November 7, 2023 by Jess Craven
