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That is not why we have such bad statistics when it comes to infant mortality.
...because we put too much effort into trying to save them?
Correct. That is not why we have terrible infant mortality rates.
I'm wondering if they meant instead of aborting them sooner they are birthed and helped to survive where some wouldn't. I can't imagine any other way they could being thinking. In simple abortion = no increase to infant death rate vs no abortion = infant death rate
The idea is that if you attempt the riskier patients, you're more likely to fail. That's not the reason for our infant mortality rates being what they are, though. I remember seeing stories about the hospital in Gaza City shutting down, and there were similarly-sized babies in the NICU there too. I believe they were thankfully able to be evacuated into Egypt, but the point is we are not the only country birthing and subsequently caring for babies this size.