cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23814239
Summary
Texas has seen a spike in abandoned newborns since its abortion ban, with some infants found dead in dumpsters or ditches.
Critics link the rise to reduced access to abortion, cuts to prenatal care, underfunded safe haven programs, and fear of deportation among undocumented women.
Texas Republicans have resisted funding awareness campaigns for safe haven laws, instead allocating $165 million to crisis pregnancy centers that prioritize deterring abortion over aiding women.
The lack of support has drawn condemnation, highlighting the broader consequences of restrictive reproductive policies.
Babies left in dumpsters is an atrocity. Those responsible for causing the societal change that started it need to be hung. Don’t blame the parent that didn’t want the child when they were forced to have it. Who the hell thinks it’s a good idea to force women to have children they don’t want??? THAT’S HOW YOU GET UNWANTED DELIQUENTS IN SOCIETY YOU INBRED SLOTHS! UNLESS YOU’RE PAYING FOR THE MOTHERS TIME, BODY REPAIRS, AND EMOTIONAL DAMAGE YOU HAVE NO SAY IN IT! End of fuckin story.
My brother in Christ…
Leaving an infant in a dumpster to starve or freeze or dehydrate or be crushed to death is fucking villainous behavior, regardless of the political climate.
The BARE minimum moral responsibility that these parents have is to give the baby to someone who might take care of it. A family member. An orphanage. Hell leave it near a police station and make it the state’s problem. Just don’t leave it in a dumpster. Or you are a piece of shit.