In states with less restrictive reproductive rights policies, the study finds that 7% more babies are born at healthy birth weights.
For Black mothers, that number rises to 8%.The study now appears in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. According to lead investigator May Sudhinaraset, from the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, “Our study provides evidence that reproductive rights policies play a critical role in advancing maternal and child health equity.”Healthcare professionals class infants as having a low birth weight if they are born weighing less than 5 pounds (lb) and 8 ounces.
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