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Instead of expanding access to contraception, the focus will be to with efforts to increase the U.S. birth rate.

Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the constitutional right to abortion, according to an October 2024 study. Both ...