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Breakpoint

The Babies Invading Texas

Breakpoint

Colson Center

News, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Christianity

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

If you haven't heard, the state of Texas is under invasion from small creatures who are, according to breathless media reports, popping up everywhere. "Nearly 10,000 more babies born in nine months under Texas' restrictive abortion law," read The Texas Tribune 

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School arrived at the number by comparing Texas births after Senate Bill 8 took effect, which prohibits abortion after conception, to the number of births in the same period the year before. 

One of the study's co-authors told CNN that 10,000 new babies mean women were "denied a needed abortion." Referring to the moms, she warned ominously, "It's hard to imagine the short- and long-term implications of a personal trajectory that may have been rerouted. 

Of course, it's harder to imagine the implications for a child denied the right to have a personal trajectory. Ultimately, interpreting the Texas baby boom depends on worldview. It's either a tragedy or 10,000 inherently valuable, unique, and beautiful reasons to celebrate ... thanks to Texas' pro-life lawmakers. 

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0:00.0

With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

0:04.8

If you haven't heard, the state of Texas is under invasion from small creatures who

0:08.6

are popping up everywhere.

0:10.2

As the Texas Tribune put it, nearly 10,000 more babies, born in 9 months under Texas Restrictive

0:15.2

Abortion Mall.

0:16.2

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School arrived at this number by comparing Texas

0:20.2

births after the passing of Senate Bill A, which prohibits abortion after conception,

0:24.3

with a number of births in the same period the year before.

0:26.7

One of the studies co-authors told CNN that 10,000 new babies must mean women were, quote,

0:31.4

denied a needed abortion.

0:32.4

It's hard to imagine the short and long-term implications of a personal trajectory that

0:36.9

may have been rerouted, she warned ominously, referring to the moms.

0:40.6

Of course, it's even harder to imagine the implications for a child to deny the right

0:44.7

to even have a personal trajectory, ultimately interpreting the Texas baby boom will depend on

0:49.4

worldview.

0:50.4

It's either a tragedy where it's 10,000 inherently valuable, unique, and beautiful reasons

0:54.5

to celebrate.

0:55.5

At the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

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