“ Texas is a pro-fetus state, but not a good place to be a child - TopicsExpress



          

“ Texas is a pro-fetus state, but not a good place to be a child or other non-corporate, non-male, non-white entity. Texas has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the United States along with the fourth highest teenage pregnancy rate in the nation and the number of low-birth weight babies and children born bereft of any prenatal care has been rising steadily since the 1990s. Texas infant mortality rate among some groups looks like something out of the 19th century and a child under the age of one dies every three hours. 25% of Texas children live in poverty (10% in “extreme" poverty,
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:24:58 +0000

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