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Editorial: Louisiana’s shameful infant mortality rate is a human tragedy, not a statistic.

Por: The Advocate Opinion August 06, 2023

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Politicians, policymakers and parents often lament the dispiriting exodus of young people who leave Louisiana seeking better prospects for themselves and their future children. But who weeps for the nearly 200 Louisiana children every year who never get the chance to make that choice — the babies whose early deaths place our state among the worst places in the world to be born preterm or with a low birth weight? Louisiana has one of the... + full article



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