Alarming rise in number of newborn babies abandoned in Texas unsettles towns and sparks urgent concern for women's health care

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Posted on 12/29/2024 12:15:13 AM PST by Morgana

The shocking rise in the number of newborn babies found abandoned in Texas has unnerved communities, raising urgent questions about women's reproductive health.

At least 18 babies have been abandoned in the Lone Star state this year, with the latest found just before Christmas at a Whataburger fast food chain in San Antonio, according to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

A decade ago, the number of abandoned babies per year sat at just seven.

It is not clear whether or not there is a common link between the increasingly common tragedies. However, the alarming rate of abandonment is happening in a state with one of the country's most restrictive abortion bans.

In Texas, the law makes no exceptions for victims of rape or incest as it pertains to abortion, yet, the state yields one of the nation's highest birth rates.

Currently, the southwestern state sits next to last on the rankings for women's health and reproductive care, according to the Commonwealth Fund, which supports independent research on such issues.

In light of the disturbing increase of child abandonment, Leah Kipley, the assistant director of the National Safe Haven Alliance met with Texas legislators to advocate for a safe haven awareness campaign.

'We're all just reeling at the tragedies and hoping we can make some meaningful changes to prevent this,' Kipley told the Washington Post.

Twenty-five years ago, Texas marked the first state to pass a monumental safe haven law, the Baby Moses law, which allowed parents to relinquish their newborns at designated 'safe' locations such as a hospital, fire station, free standing emergency center, or emergency medical services station.

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Sounds like they need more baby boxes

1 posted on 12/29/2024 12:15:13 AM PST by Morgana

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