Projected Health Outcomes Associated With 3 US Supreme Court Decisions in 2022 on COVID-19 Workplace Protections, Handgun-Carry Restrictions, and Abortion Rights
June 17, 2023 · Posted in Political Commentary
Adam Gaffney et al reported in JAMA New. Open (2023) reported “In this decision analytical modeling study, the model projected that the Supreme Court ruling to invalidate COVID-19 workplace protections was associated with?1402 deaths in early 2022. The model also projected that the court’s decision to end handgun-carry restrictions will result in 152 additional firearm-related deaths annually, and that its decision to revoke the constitutional right to abortion will result in 6 to 15 deaths and hundreds of cases of peripartum morbidity each year.
Meaning: These findings suggest that over a decade, “the 3 Supreme Court decisions examined here will contribute to the loss of nearly 3000 US lives and possibly many more.”
