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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.

She said changes in abortion policy likely won't have major effects on teen birth statistics because most abortion patients aren't teenagers.

And even middle-income countries with decent health data systems, such as Mexico, face delays in gathering birth statistics, so the numbers could change somewhat.

Combining their data with birth statistics, they estimate that if pregnant women stopped sleeping on their back during the last trimester, stillbirths in Britain could decrease by 3.7 percent.

And data from the 2016 National Birth Statistics Report, indicates that, rather than decreasing, preterm birth rates among black and Hispanic infants continue to inch upward.