The first estimate of births since Dobbs found that almost a quarter of women who would have gotten abortions carried their pregnancies to term.
By Margot Sanger-Katz and Claire Cain Miller
Nov. 22, 2023
The first data on births since Roe v. Wade was overturned shows how much abortion bans have had their intended effect: Births increased in every state with a ban, an analysis of the data shows.
By comparing birth statistics in states before and after the bans passed, researchers estimated that the laws caused around 32,000 annual births, based on the first six months of 2023, a relatively small increase that was in line with overall expectations.
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