This is evident in the data, which shows a dramatic rise in the state's infant mortality after Texas banned abortion.
The Washington Post also notes that Republicans have repeatedly cut funding for prenatal care and family planning services.
In addition, draconian approaches to illegal immigration have led to undocumented women avoiding medical care, for fear of being deported.
The result is what one Texas law enforcement official called "a little bit of an epidemic" of infant abandonment.
Texas Republicans show no interest in educating people about safe haven laws, however.
There's one telling detail in the Post report that underscores how much Republicans don't care the slightest if babies die because of their abortion ban.
But in the GOP-controlled state, they're fine with a passive form of the death penalty for being a sexually active woman. »
