Editing Infanticide (section)

===United States===
In the United States, the infanticide rate during the first hour of life outside the womb dropped from 1.41 per 100,000 between the years 1963 and 1972, to 0.44 per 100,000 between 1974 and 1983.  The rates during the first month after birth also declined, whereas those for older infants rose during this time.<ref name=Paul>{{cite book| title = Management of unintended and abnormal pregnancy: comprehensive abortion care | url = https://archive.org/details/managementuninte00paul | url-access = limited | author = Maureen Paul | pages = [https://archive.org/details/managementuninte00paul/page/n52 33]–34 | publisher = Wiley-Blackwell | isbn = 978-1-4051-7696-5 | date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref> [[Roe v. Wade|The legalization of abortion, which was completed in 1973]], was the most important factor in the decline in neonatal mortality during the period from 1964 to 1977, according to a study by economists associated with the National Bureau of Economic Research.<ref name=Paul /><ref name=BestIntent >{{cite book |author1=Eisenberg, Leon |author2=Brown, Sarah Hart |title=The best intentions: unintended pregnancy and the well-being of children and families |publisher=National Academy Press |location=Washington, D.C. |year=1995 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bestintentionsun0000unse/page/72 72] |isbn=978-0-309-05230-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/bestintentionsun0000unse/page/72 }}</ref>