FIRST STUDY OF POST-DOBBS RESULTS ON BIRTH RATES: They’re going up. “Births increased in every state with a ban, an analysis of the data shows. 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.” Naturally, this is terrible.