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What Is the Pro-Life Movement’s Reaction to the Rise in Infant Mortality in Texas?

It sure *looks* like it’s more about control than “life.”

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A mother at the evangelical Blue Haven Ranch in Texas poses for a portrait. (Photo: Ilana Panich-Linsman for the Washington Post via Getty Images)

1. America First?

In one of Sarah’s recent Focus Group pods, a Republican voter lamented how we’re spending too much money in other countries when we should be taking care of folks right here.

This view would be more cogent if Republicans didn’t also oppose pretty much all domestic social spending, too.

They’re against student debt relief. They’re against welfare benefits. They’re against the child tax credit. They’re even against expanded help for mothers and children.

So tell me: How upset do you think the “pro-life” Republicans will be at the jump in infant-mortality rates in Texas?

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