The states passing strict abortion bans have some of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the country

According to 2017 data from the Centers for Disease Control on infant death rates and a 2018 USA Today investigation on maternal mortality rates in the 46 states with available data, nearly all of the states who have recently passed restrictive bans on abortion rank in the top 10 states for maternal mortality, infant mortality, or both. Unsafe abortion isn't currently a major contributing factor to maternal mortality in the US, but evidence from other nations shows that restricting abortion is associated in greater rates of maternal deaths from unsafe abortions and pregnancy complications, which occurred in Romania when the country banned both abortion and contraception under communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, as Wired noted.Read more: Before Roe v. Row-Finkbeiner described the rise in anti-abortion legislation as "an attack on autonomy, sovereignty, and freedom" and "outrageous in a time when maternal and infant mortality are rising, especially so among black and Native American women." Read more: Louisiana becomes fifth state to ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected.