Reproductive justice and the pace of change: Socioeconomic trends in US Infant death rates by legal status of abortion, 1960-1980

N. Krieger, S. Gruskin, N. Singh, M.V. Kiang, J.T. Chen, P.D. Waterman, J. Gottlieb, J. Beckfield and B.A. Coull

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 4, 680-682

Abstract: US infant death rates for 1960 to 1980 declined most quickly in (1) 1970 to 1973 in states that legalized abortion in 1970, especially for infants in the lowest 3 income quintiles (annual percentage change =-11.6; 95% confidence interval =-18.7, -3.8), and (2) the mid-to-late 1960s, also in lowincome quintiles, for both Black and White infants, albeit unrelated to abortion laws. These results imply that research is warranted on whether currently rising restrictions on abortions may be affecting infant mortality. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: African American; human; infant; infant mortality; legal abortion; poverty; social justice; statistics and numerical data, Abortion, Legal; African Americans; Humans; Infant; Infant Mortality; Poverty; Social Justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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