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Alarming rise in number of newborn babies abandoned in Texas unsettles towns and sparks urgent concern for women's health care
Daily Mail UK ^ | December 29, 2024 | Samantha Rutt

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: aliens; babybox; invasion; prolife; texas
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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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To: Morgana

Definitely. There are a lot of adoptive parents who would be ecstatic at the opportunity.


2 posted on 12/29/2024 12:17:13 AM PST by mairdie (GreenwichVillage ArmyPoet: https://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/oldsoldiersdrums/frontcover.htm)
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To: Morgana

I think the number of children being turned in is more a function of the safe haven law than the abortion law.


3 posted on 12/29/2024 1:41:58 AM PST by Fido969
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To: Morgana
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.

So ... the Daily Mail thinks the solution to the tragedy of child abandonment is to kill the children.

4 posted on 12/29/2024 1:43:03 AM PST by sphinx
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To: Fido969

Exactly. They’ve got the cause and effect skewed to support abortion.

Also, how many babies are from illegals and from the sex slave trade? In the 2020 census, Texas had 4 million more people, and those are the just the ones whe were officially counted.


5 posted on 12/29/2024 2:02:45 AM PST by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Morgana

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

(In other words, a decade ago at least 11 more would be dead, murdered at the hands of some quack in a “clinic.”)


6 posted on 12/29/2024 2:03:02 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Morgana
raising urgent questions about women's reproductive health.

Sounds like their 'reproductive health' is just fine. It's how and when they exercise their 'reproductive health' that need adjusting.

7 posted on 12/29/2024 2:06:08 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Morgana

I suspect there is a large percentage of babies being left by illegal migrants. Call me stupid if I’m wrong.


8 posted on 12/29/2024 2:16:05 AM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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The first question I'd ask is.... Is the mother a CITZEN?
2nd would be is the father known and available for contact?
If so get them together and start from there.
9 posted on 12/29/2024 2:19:02 AM PST by deport
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To: Morgana
It's really funny how the anti Trump lunatics who got crushed when Musk teamed up with Trump, are now screeching about H1Bs.
From X:

It's wild to watch some people pretend like Elon Musk didn't put his wealth, his businesses and his freedom on the line to help elect Donald Trump and help save this country all because they don't like his position on H-1B visas.

He bought X, he brought people back, he monetized it, he publicly supported Donald Trump, he went to battle with the EU, Brazil, the censorship industrial complex, he formed a PAC, he donated large sums of money, he moved to PA before the election, he didn't just write a check, he spent his time and energy getting Donald Trump elected. And he did it all before he knew whether or not he would be successful, knowing that if he wasn't successful, he would most likely be investigated criminally and possibly indicted.

Again, this is a person who is a billionaire and who didn't need to put his own money on his own personal freedom on the line to save this country. But he did it.

And he didn't do it after Donald Trump won like Zuckerberg and Bezos. He didn't do it when it was financially and politically convenient, he did it when it was very inconvenient.

For that, he deserves a tremendous amount of gratitude, respect, and appreciation. it is the height of arrogance not to understand that.

Discounting that or pretending like he is less pro-America because you don't like his position on H-1b visas is insane.

Not to mention somebody that went through all that to get Donald Trump elected seems to want America to succeed. So I'm pretty sure he would be open to a discussion about reforming the visa process. But even if not, that's his opinion and he's entitled to it, and people are entitled to disagree within our movement.

I really hope people will think about that because at the end of the day we don't want to be the left.

10 posted on 12/29/2024 2:55:35 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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[So ... the Daily Mail thinks the solution to the tragedy of child abandonment is to kill the children.]

It's the Democrat way.

Democrat Kamala Harris is willing to have a few million babies killed so that she can have POWER




11 posted on 12/29/2024 3:00:36 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Day's of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: jonrick46

“...babies being left by illegal migrants...”

That was my first thought


12 posted on 12/29/2024 3:03:22 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: mairdie

Personally, if birth family cannot be found there is always room in my home and family for another Blessing.


13 posted on 12/29/2024 3:42:34 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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To: Morgana

The cartels are doing this. Will take all bets.


14 posted on 12/29/2024 3:56:52 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: jonrick46
I suspect there is a large percentage of babies being left by illegal migrants. Call me stupid if I’m wrong.

Nope. Not stupid.

MAYBE jaded but what with the way life is these days, sad to say, it was my first thought as well.

15 posted on 12/29/2024 4:07:51 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: Morgana

OMG 18 up from 7!!!

This necessitates an emergency return to infantcide clinics!


16 posted on 12/29/2024 4:23:32 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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To: SmokingJoe

“I really hope people will think about that because at the end of the day we don’t want to be the left.”

Amen, brother. Well stated.


17 posted on 12/29/2024 4:38:36 AM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: Morgana

The satanist of the left, really got to hand it to them
“Women’s reproductive health” = women’s right to kill their babies wherever and whenever.


18 posted on 12/29/2024 4:40:58 AM PST by blitz128
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To: Morgana

One could surmise that contraceptives had never been invented.


19 posted on 12/29/2024 4:50:43 AM PST by Rlsau1
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To: Morgana

Sounds like we have women out of control.


20 posted on 12/29/2024 4:52:15 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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