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    Michael Hiltzik: States with the worst anti-abortion laws also have the worst infant mortality rates

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times May 16, 2019 3 minutes

    This shouldn't come as a surprise, since it's a relationship that's been known for years, but the states with the harshest restrictions on abortions also have the worst infant mortality rates.

    The correspondence is unmistakable, and not hard to explain: Those states' governments also show the least concern for maternal and infant health in general, as represented by public policies.

    Advocates of women's healthcare rights moved promptly to issue reminders of the connection Tuesday, after the

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