According to the Center for Disease Control, “every 4.5 minutes a baby is born with a major birth defect in the United States.” Further, “Birth defects are the leading
cause of death among U.S. infants, accounting for about 20 percent of mortality
in the first year of life. Additionally, babies born with birth defects have a
greater chance of illness and long term disability than babies without.”

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