‘Baby in a dumpster.’ A spate of abandoned newborns unsettles Texas.
Whether there’s a pattern or common link in these tragedies is not clear. But they’re happening in a state with one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans — with no exceptions for rape or incest — and one of the highest birth rates.
Critics argue that’s no coincidence. Texas is ranked next to last for women’s health and reproductive care, according to the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund, which supports independent research on such issues. And with legislators having repeatedly cut funding for that care, the percentage of women without health insurance is higher here than in any other state. This year, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered Texas public hospitals to track the cost of treating immigrants who are in the country illegally, potentially deterring women from seeking care for fear of being turned over to authorities. (Washington Post)
I am so confused, I am so utterly repulsed, I am flabbergasted, I am pissed, and I am angry. The sheer arrogance, the intentional ignorance, the fact that the Republicans in the state of Texas pretend to be Pro-Life to save their own political ambitions, giving no shits regarding the health and welfare of their own citizens, is overwhelming. And in my opinion, this disregard for life should be considered a form of Pre-Meditated Murder.
Where is the outcry, the indignation from the religious community in Texas, calling out the Christian Nationalist Taliban? Where is the outrage from the Media in Texas demanding a response from the Republican-controlled State Government?
More people seem to be dying from avoidable deaths in this so-called Pro-Life Banana Republic!
