Over Last 5 Months, Texas Sees a 99.89% Reduction in Surgical Abortions
There was only one surgical abortion in Texas in December 2022, according to newly released figures cited by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, showing the impact of the overturning of Roe v Wade on the state. This follows the trends of a steep decline, with the last five months of recorded data showing 17 abortions, compared to 15,342 the year before, resulting in a 99.89% decline.
In Texas, which has a population of nearly 30 million people, child murder statistics leading up to the Supreme Court decision ranged from a low of 2514 abortions to a high of 3299 in the six months prior. According to reporting, December’s lone abortion was not elective but was considered medically necessary to preserve the mother’s life, which Texas law allows.
While we don’t know the exact nature of these circumstances, one of the most common medical interventions would be in cases of ectopic pregnancy, where the fertilized eggs implant in the fallopian tubes rather than the womb. To save the life of the mother, indirect action is taken, which results in the loss of a pregnancy, but which should not be considered the murder of a baby but rather more akin to a miscarriage.
Some are noting, however that these numbers are deceptive, with abolitionist pastor C.R. Cali cautioning:
Editor’s Note. * While there were no legal elective/ surgical abortions, that is not to say there were no abortions, as pills like Plan B or even many forms of birth control, or IVF are abortifacients and kill babies just as surely as a scalpel to the back of the head will. This is why we welcome legislation like HB 2690 in Texas, which would block websites that sell the abortion pill.
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