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Access to safe, legal abortion can be a lifelong economic stratifier, according to a new analysis of a national database of adolescent health information. The new study assesses abortion and ...

Debates on abortion have long been linked to moral, religious, medical and political issues. But abortion policy also has considerable influence on a driving force across all walks of life in the U.S ...

Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the constitutional right to abortion, according to an October 2024 study. Both ...