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Abortion Bans and Maternal, Pregnancy-Related, and Pregnancy-Associated Mortality in 14 US States, 2016-2023:
Suzanne O Bell1, Alexander M Franks1, Amy Ozinsky1
1At the time of the study, Suzanne O. Bell, Selena Anjur-Dietrich, and Amy Ozinsky were with the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Alexander M. Franks is with the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, University of California, Santa Barbara. Claire E. Margerison is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Elizabeth A. Stuart is with the Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Avi Feller is with the School of Public Policy and Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley. Alison Gemmill is with the Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.
Abstract:
Objectives. To examine the association of abortion bans with changes in maternal, pregnancy-related, and pregnancy-associated mortality. Methods. Using national vital statistics data (2016-2023), we used a Bayesian panel model to examine maternal, pregnancy-related, and pregnancy-associated mortality in 14 US states that implemented abortion bans by the end of 2022. Models accounted for temporal trends and state-specific factors. Results. Among the 14 states with abortion bans, there was some evidence of a potential 9.2% (95% credible interval [CI] = -1.6, 20.7) increase in the number of pregnancy-associated deaths above expectation, equivalent to 68 (95% CI = -13, 147) excess deaths; the rate was also higher than expected, with 3.3 (95% CI = -2.6, 9.0) additional deaths per 100 000 live births. Relative changes in pregnancy-related mortality were similar in magnitude but had greater uncertainty. There was no detectable increase in maternal mortality. Conclusions. Abortion bans may be associated with an increase in pregnancy-associated and pregnancy-related mortality, although data limitations and chance variation in these rare outcomes constrain the certainty of these and other findings. (Am J Public Health. 2026;116(6):819-828. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2026.308465).
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