Oct. 26, 2022

Abuse, Trafficking, Assault and Neglect in Texas Foster Care Will Only Get Worse After Abortion Bans

Abuse, Trafficking, Assault and Neglect in Texas Foster Care Will Only Get Worse After Abortion Bans
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Collateral damage to the abortion bans Part 1 of 3: Horrific state of the Foster Care system post Roe v. Wade will turn the system from bad to worse

With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the implications are catastrophic on so many levels. If the baby is born to a mother under the age of 13, how will she legally work? Does this mean the grandmother is given custody? What if the grandmother is unstable? If a 15 year old can't work, doesn't have a place to live, can't pay for diapers, electricity, water or food then where does that life that began at conception go?

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Before I get into the data and the details, it is worth mentioning the following:

  • Not all unplanned pregnancies end in giving the baby up for adoption.
  • Not all unplanned pregnancies are a burden and a strong support system -families, pastors, friends, neighbors - can provide a healthy, happy upbringing full of love.
  • About 1 out of 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage.
  • Adoption services have the best intentions and make every effort to evaluate the home life of the parent(s) to ensure the child has a stable and loving family.
  • Not all foster care situations are the same, and children adopted from foster care can be just as wonderful and well adjusted as any child.
  • The role of Child Protective Services can be very effective in providing a stable life for children.
  • As with anything published online, one instance or example does not represent the entire population of the subject discussed.
  • Anything that is hyperlinked will take you to where the data was sourced.
  • The children are not illegal immigrants. White, Black, Hispanic children make up the majority of the foster care population.
  • There is some sarcasm and opinion based comments.
  • For anything you read with bias or one-sided opinions, it is good to fact check from reputable sources if the source itself if biased.
  • The goal of this article is to provide a different point of view to start the conversation. Never attack anyone personally for their beliefs online or in person.
  • Opposing views are welcome, just be polite.
Transcript
WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:05.120 Trigger warning. The contents of this episode has references to subject matter that listeners 2 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:10.160 may find disturbing or triggering of personal past experiences. For more information referred to 3 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:20.879 the description of the episode, please proceed with caution. Hey everyone, this 4 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:24.519 is Bellamers. Thanks for joining me on another episode of Big Time Fresh. 5 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:28.199 This one's going to be a different one at different vibe, different topic, 6 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:33.640 different everything. I try to stay away from politics, but this one is 7 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:39.840 not just politics. It's also about reproductive rights. So I just wanted to 8 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:44.159 give you one more time a trigger warning for this episode. Going forward, 9 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:48.640 we will be back to our typical format, but this one is important to 10 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:52.240 me on an important topic, so I definitely wanted to share my perspective. 11 00:00:52.880 --> 00:01:03.880 Um, I will catch you next week. When children are removed from their 12 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:08.200 homes because of abuse and neglect, it's because of extreme abuse and neglect, 13 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:12.359 and these children have been traumatized. When we take them into our system of 14 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:18.959 care, that's when we start re traumatizing them, and that's the beginning of 15 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:23.799 their life and care. All of us felt like we were criminals. We're 16 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:29.599 being disciplined for something that our parents did. It's like we're money to them, 17 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:33.079 like you see like Mr Gary would come to work in his corvette. 18 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:36.480 Well, all of us don't even have foodges. I remember one group home 19 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.599 and there's literally a boat lock on the fridge. That lock was always there 20 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:42.040 unless we had a visitor, which meant that we went some nights without eating. 21 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:48.560 So before we get too far into the into the story, there's gonna 22 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:51.159 be a lot to unpack here, and I'm not going to be able to 23 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:53.159 break it down. So I'm not going to really be able to break it 24 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.120 down all the way. But I wanted to mention real quick that I'm going 25 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:04.120 to have a link in the uh in the description of the episode that's going 26 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:08.240 to have the link to the article that I wrote. Because of that article 27 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:14.479 is where you can find a lot of the sources to where I actually got 28 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:20.360 the data, but also where I got the video and or in this case 29 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:24.759 the audio clips um but with the article has the links that you can watch 30 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:30.199 the actual videos as well. Here's a little bit more on the foster care 31 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:43.840 system in the total United States. Sex trafficking of miners is a major problem 32 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:46.439 in group homes, but despite the fact that this is commonly known by both 33 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:52.719 staff and case workers, underage girls and boys are able to easily leave the 34 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:57.639 home at all hours of the day and night. Once gone, sexual predators 35 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:02.759 are not far behind. We're the hotel across the street from the group home. 36 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.639 The guys would bring the girls here. They buy them alcohol, buy 37 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.759 them marijuana, They bring them in a room, they get drunk, they 38 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:15.400 get HI. Whatever they wanted to do. Our case workers weren't providing for 39 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:20.159 us. The girls felt that the only way they were going to get anything 40 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:24.560 is if they got it themselves. The prostitutes range from twelve to seventeen. 41 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:30.520 Some girls prostitute for money, Others prostitute for food. Others prostitute for drugs. 42 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:35.000 Some prostitute because they think that the person are with lovesome and being a 43 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:38.120 foster kid, mostly these bill don't get a lot of love. There's a 44 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:42.479 ton of foster kids in the system all over the United States, So I 45 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:46.159 do want to kind of get some insight into what it looks like right now 46 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:52.719 if you did want to become a foster family or or adopt the child. 47 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:59.759 Here are some of the things that I found online that we're definitely a resource 48 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:04.159 to use. At the same time, was kind of uh discouraging. I 49 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:10.000 guess, just the way it's set up like a sergery tool, so you 50 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:14.240 can go onto the website and search for different things that you are looking for 51 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:17.839 in a child, either to adopt or to to be a foster parent too. 52 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:23.519 And to me, what's what's sad is is that you know again, 53 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:30.040 I don't even know how. I'm sure the chain of command and pointing fingers 54 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:34.000 and blame is is all over their place. But the way it's set up 55 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:39.399 right now is you can say I would like a three year old who is 56 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:46.079 white, that is that has no behavioral issues. There's also options to say, 57 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.839 yes, I don't mind siblings, I don't mind special needs, I 58 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:57.720 don't mind if they are they have behavioral issues. But you can also exclude 59 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:00.439 those options. So any of the results that would come up in the database 60 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:05.879 would show you the children that are available to be adopted or to um be 61 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:13.519 uh so that either to be adopted or have an opportunity to be a for 62 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:18.079 you to foster. You can pick and choose from there. So it's just 63 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:21.879 hard. The pictures are up there with the kids, all of the information, 64 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:27.279 a little bit about their background, so it breaks my heart. But 65 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:31.839 you know, this is why we need reform. This is this is um. 66 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:39.399 This is going to get worse because with the overturn Roe v. Wade, 67 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:42.759 this is just a reality that's that's going to get worse. So, 68 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:50.319 um, let's get into the state of Texas specifically, a federal judge scolded 69 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:56.399 the people in charge of the Texas foster care program about unsafe conditions for children. 70 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:00.720 Oxford Rolling Brown joins us with the story, LORI, how they're in. 71 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.279 One of the cases in question, a caretaker put two girls in a 72 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:08.079 hotel while she went out of state. She then asked two men to go 73 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.279 and check on them, and the men assaulted the girls. It's one of 74 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:16.199 the many failures that the judge reviewed today. This has been going on for 75 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:21.279 eleven years now because of how bad the foster care system is in Texas. 76 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:29.040 The state of Texas has been in litigation against Greg Abbott for not doing anything 77 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:35.040 or not addressing what needs to be done. Eleven years okay, and because 78 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:44.720 it's so dangerous and there's no solutions that Texas is providing. Guess who else 79 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:48.480 they're shipping out of state? Oh, kids, They're shipping foster kids. 80 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:54.480 Foster children are being shipped. And I say shipped because that's what they say 81 00:06:54.480 --> 00:07:00.040 everybody else, they're being taken out of state. Two. The example I 82 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:05.319 have here from the source that I have here, uh, two point one 83 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:14.160 million dollars in was put for children to move out of state into a different 84 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:18.240 foster care system in another state. Oh. That sounds exactly like how much 85 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:28.199 money it took for uh for the Santis to fly those Venezuelans who were not 86 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:33.360 here illegally, they were seeking asylum. They did it legally and they sat, 87 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:36.639 you know, let's fly him over to Martha's vineyards. That was about 88 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:46.040 two million dollars right. Recently, one of these instances here a prairie harbor 89 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:51.120 foster home m a prairie hard harbor foster home. So that foster home on 90 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:59.639 its own, uh, showed the structural deficiencies that violated the General Classes fourteenth 91 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:05.360 the men meant right to be free from an unreasonable risk of harm. Let's 92 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:13.839 go to twenty nine. Let's go to the number of suspected unconfirmed incidents of 93 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:26.199 sex trafficking. Number of confirmed incidences of sex trafficking in Texas for the children 94 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:31.559 for the Department of Family Protective Services. Okay, in one year, one 95 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:41.600 one eight numbers of confirmed incidents of sex trafficking in for children involved with the 96 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:50.039 for the Department of Family and Protective Services. Here are some examples. A 97 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.759 woman who was sexually abused children at one facility was fired from one that facility, 98 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:58.720 but then was hired by a different fastic care facility for victims of sex 99 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:05.440 track picking and soliciting, selling and selling news of the girls in her care 100 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:13.080 subs and this is from the ruling. Subsequent sexual aggression manifestation as child on 101 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:20.879 child sexual or physical abuse is also quote typical, common and widespread throughout Texas 102 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:30.360 foster care. Another former foster child name uh I'm gonna leave out the name, 103 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:35.200 testified that sexual assault between foster children was a common thing in big group 104 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:43.519 homes where caregivers were simply not able to watch everyone. So the judge who's 105 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:50.320 still on the case, uh, Judge Judge Janice Jack has been on this 106 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:54.519 class action lawsuit for these alas for these last eleven years. In her scathing 107 00:09:54.600 --> 00:10:00.879 three fifty five page ruling, Judge Jack reprimanded the state for running a system 108 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:07.200 where rape, abuse, psychotropic medication, and instability are the norm, where 109 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:13.960 children are almost uniformly leave the state custody custody more damaged than when they entered. 110 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:20.960 Federal Judge Janis Jack told leaders with the Texas Department of Family and Protective 111 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:26.240 Services that their actions have been shameful. She voiced her frustration with the lack 112 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:31.919 of controls to keep workers accused of wrongdoing at one facility for being rehired elsewhere. 113 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:35.799 One example, an employee with the refuge a care facility and bash drop 114 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.960 for child victims of sex trafficking. The employee allegedly exploited child residents, selling 115 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:43.799 nude photos of them and using the money to provide alcohol and drugs to the 116 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:48.879 miners. The judge questioned why there was no state database to show that employee 117 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:54.000 had previously been terminated by the juvenile justice system, and response, state leaders 118 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:58.519 told Judge Jack their access to certain files is restricted under state law. Paul 119 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.159 yet Or, the attorney who brought the case against the state's foster care system, 120 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:09.679 said that needs to change. Uh, the lawsuit that was filed against 121 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:15.480 the crag Abbott and it's like the fourth or this is on the eleventh year, 122 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:20.159 so it was either a response or sanctions. I don't know. I'm 123 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:24.559 so sorry, but um it's three hundred and fifty five pages. Right at 124 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:31.360 the end of those, at the end of the on three one of civil 125 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:39.480 action number two eleven CB zero zero zero eight four, he says teachers were 126 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:45.039 not present in two of the classrooms during three of the days the monitoring team 127 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:50.480 visited, and the school district did not provide substitutes, So students were just 128 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:56.000 chilling. Uh, they were playing cards and sleeping under death and and um 129 00:11:56.559 --> 00:12:01.399 and playing games. So the picture they took is of um, some of 130 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:05.639 the kids that were sleeping on the floor because there was no substitute teacher. 131 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:16.799 So the judge, the judge who has been on this case for the eleven 132 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:22.120 years that it's been in existence, it says they planned to have plans to 133 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:30.000 levy substantial finds after Texas failed to comply with court ordered fixes to its foster 134 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:37.679 care system. Uh, the Abbott the Abbott's Administration's lack of competence and failed 135 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:43.879 promises were all part of the Texas Supreme Court's decision to hold them in contempt 136 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:48.120 of court with the three page ruling. Okay, that's what that was. 137 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:58.519 It was a ruling. And so this executive order for the Family First Prevention 138 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:05.799 Services Act was signed into or this it was an executive order signed in by 139 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:15.320 President Trump with bipartisan support to quote strengthen America's child welfare system by signing a 140 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:22.399 historic executive order aimed at improving outcomes for children and families. This executive order 141 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:28.159 focuses on three key areas of action, improving partnerships, improving resources, and 142 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:37.080 improving oversight. However, the state of Texas is failing children and families in 143 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:43.840 Texas. Therefore, Texas is going to lose seventeen point four million in federal 144 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:50.600 support and in two and twenty five point six million in three because it's not 145 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:58.000 compliant with the Family First Prevention Services Act. Yeah. So this is something 146 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:05.799 Trump put into UH as an executive order, which is wonderful. Um, 147 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:09.639 but his buddy Abbott is not like, oh okay, great, I don't 148 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:13.200 care. So because of that, he lost, he's about to lose. 149 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:22.000 I don't know if he has ord, but the article says he was um 150 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:30.279 supposedly about to lose seventeen point four million dollars and federal support in two and 151 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:35.519 twenty five point six million because he's not compliant with the Family First Prevention Services 152 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.799 at So it's his fault. He's not doing what he was supposed to do, 153 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:43.679 and he's not he's not filling the requirements that needs to be filled to 154 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:48.440 in order for these fundings. That makes sense. I guess how many children 155 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:58.120 are staying in unlicensed foster homes in Texas? Over four hundred If you look 156 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:09.000 back in ten, it was about less than fifty twenty eighteen, probably about 157 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:15.720 ten right now on a legal situation that has been ongoing for about a decade 158 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:20.559 accusing Texas of running an unsafe foster care system, and this week a state 159 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:26.000 judge says that she's still unsatisfied despite changes that have been made even up into 160 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:28.960 the last few months, so she will soon start slapping the state with some 161 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:35.320 massive fine similar to what happened back in She says the system is still a 162 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:39.960 dangerous system for the more than thirty thousand children in its care, so much 163 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:43.440 so that she sees it as a violation of constitutional rights. How So, 164 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:48.440 well, the judge has acknowledged a few facts. There's a high rate of 165 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.120 sexual abuse, with the court finding as many as one in four kids have 166 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.440 been victims. There's a lack of permanent housing, with children being housed in 167 00:15:56.519 --> 00:16:02.039 motels and office buildings. There's a lack of background checks on foster care employees 168 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:07.159 and poor follow up for foster families who are not following regulations. The judge 169 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:12.440 says she's sick of hearing horror stories that she feels were preventable. And we 170 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:17.000 begin tonight with the story that you'll only see here on Fox. An employee 171 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:21.759 with Child Protective Services is caught on camera telling a fourteen year old girl in 172 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:26.080 foster care to become a prostitute. In the video, she tells the CPS 173 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:30.919 employee she wants food. The CPS worker tells her to be APPROPS. There's 174 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:34.639 all of this going on, this sexual abuse, this sleeping on floors, 175 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:38.799 these you know, kids coming in worse, leaving worse than they came in. 176 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:45.919 UM. In some cases, I think only sixty two of the children 177 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:51.000 who come in as group sibling groups actually get placed as siblings into the same 178 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:55.720 foster care, into the same foster home. That's just traumatic in itself. 179 00:16:56.519 --> 00:17:03.799 UM. But now, not too long ago, remember this, remember this 180 00:17:03.880 --> 00:17:11.359 press release investigating gender transitioning procedures as child abuse. Because the Texas Department of 181 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.960 Family and Protective Services is responsible for protecting children from Abuse. I hereby direct 182 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:22.960 your agency to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of every any reported instance of 183 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:29.359 instances of these abusive procedures in the State of Texas, says the Letter to 184 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:34.799 Protect Children from Abuse DFPS and all other state agencies much followed must follow the 185 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:44.200 law as explained in OG opinion number KP zero four zero one. Um, 186 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:48.279 why don't you fix the problems that you already have before making it worse from 187 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:52.440 people that don't even need to be UM investigated? Why would you take why 188 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:59.079 would you investigate somebody like step back, take everything out of it, take 189 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:06.720 all the bullish it of trams and whatever. If a child is happy in 190 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:11.440 their home with warm and loving parents, why would you take them away and 191 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:19.559 put them into an overly it's over capacity? Uh, sexual abuse rampant, 192 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:26.519 Uh, sleeping on the floor. Look, environment, why would you put 193 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:32.559 them environment? Then you're making them worse. All of the kids are worse. 194 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:38.920 Okay, So let me wrap this up because I'm just I'm just getting 195 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:44.720 pissed now this one in particular. I'm just gonna read through to here's some 196 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:49.480 more facts. Sixti percent of siblings and foster care were placed together at one 197 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:55.839 of the foster Cares at home foster care facilities in San Antonio. Foster Care 198 00:18:55.960 --> 00:19:02.240 Shelter had two thirty nine citations that were documented finding of abuse, self harm, 199 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:07.079 medical neglect, and sexual allegations. Texas has yet to come up with 200 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:11.200 a way to track where children in foster care are placed. In one thousand, 201 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:15.960 seven hundred sixty seven children and you were missing at some point during the 202 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:21.359 year, within the Department of Family and Protective Services, they were one eight 203 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:26.359 confirmed cases of sex trafficking. Um that I said that one earlier, So, 204 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:30.200 uh, this one's sex the most and I need to do a little 205 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:37.440 bit research. It was in a reputable news um from a reputable news article. 206 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.039 I personally want to go through the state budget because all of that's public 207 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:45.200 online. So if you go through the states where they spend all the money, 208 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:48.319 it's it's probably in there. It's just data I need to go through. 209 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:57.559 But here's here's where it is. Uh. In Governor Abbott took thirty 210 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:03.240 one million from the state's Juvenile Justice fund so that he could pay for Operation 211 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:11.359 Loan Star, sending National Guard to the southern border of Texas. Governor Greg 212 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:17.799 Abbott redirected five hundred million from other agencies to fund Border Security Mission, taking 213 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:23.720 funding from two hundred and ten million from the state's Health and Human Services Commission 214 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:30.279 over two years and about a hundred sixty million from the Texas Department of Public 215 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:38.839 Safety. Operation loan Star cost Texas taxpayers two million dollars a year. Uh 216 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:44.480 So this this is the way beyond, This is way beyond a problem of 217 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:51.599 uh, reproductive healthcare. I wouldn't have an abortion because I don't want to 218 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:55.640 have a child. This is a reality that they didn't. They need to 219 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.920 fix on the other end, or at least addressed on the other end. 220 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:04.680 If if a child can't if a child has to have a child, uh, 221 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:08.880 if a child is forced to give birth not old enough to work, 222 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:15.319 the does a grandmother have to take custody? Uh? If the grandmother can't 223 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:21.119 take custody and nobody else in the family can take custody, then I assume 224 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:26.400 the child goes to CPS. Right, Um, so what's the plan there? 225 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:33.279 And then also the minimum wage in Texas is seven dollars and twenty five 226 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:41.400 cents an hour. So okay, how are you supposed to buy diapers? 227 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:45.960 Which are like I don't know I don't know, I don't remember, but 228 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:49.160 they're like twenty bucks at least a month. I think they're like forty bucks 229 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.680 a month. So how are you supposed to buy that? Um if you 230 00:21:52.920 --> 00:22:02.039 physically aren't able to breastfeed, which was my case formula. Uh, how 231 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:07.160 are you supposed to go take care of the baby with no money if you 232 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:10.319 can't pay for electricity or a place to live? Like, there's a lot 233 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:15.559 of assumptions that there's gonna be people to support, but clearly not the state 234 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:21.839 of Texas because Medicaid is one of the things that they decided not to um 235 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:26.440 extend like the rest of this, like most of the states in the United 236 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:32.039 States, So there's no there's no plan um. So what I think should 237 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:37.119 happen is that every single man in the United States should be forced to have 238 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:42.079 a vasectomy and when they're ready to have children, they can get it reversed. 239 00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:45.640 Problem solved. Then we don't have to deal with any of this. 240 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:49.599 Okay, So how old are you? Six? Team? Great? Time 241 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:52.960 for you to get a vasectomy. You have no choice, no choice for 242 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:56.880 you, Uh, no choice in your body. So vasectomy for you. 243 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:03.759 They're reversible, So it's okay. Vasectomy sixteen, when you're ready to start 244 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:10.720 a family, you come back and we'll get that vasectomy reverse. Um, 245 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:14.920 And so you let, okay, it's reverse. You've had kids and now 246 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.440 you need a viagra. Oh, we're not going to have that anymore. 247 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:26.359 It's not a thing because viagra leaves to children. Viagra results in and pregnancy. 248 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:32.640 That's what it does, medication that causes pregnancy. Now, clearly i'm 249 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:36.960 being sarcastic, but let's say this, Um, this, this is okay. 250 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.640 If the solution is women can't control it, then the solution is men 251 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:48.799 shouldn't be able to either. So men at sixteen years old must get a 252 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:53.119 vasectomy, and when they are ready to have children, then they can go 253 00:23:53.400 --> 00:24:02.599 get the procedure reversed. Problem solved. Right when you're older and you can't 254 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:07.440 and you can't get an erection, well that's fine. It doesn't matter. 255 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:11.160 You're not trying to have a kid, right since the only reason to have 256 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:15.519 sex is to have a kid, So why do you even need it if 257 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:18.319 you want to have a kid. Maybe until you get somebody pregnant and then 258 00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:23.799 we'll take you back off of it. So that's my solution. Um, 259 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:26.640 thanks for listening. I had to rance about this one. I couldn't take 260 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:30.359 it anymore. I still can't take it. And I don't understand why this 261 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:34.680 isn't a this isn't this isn't in the news. What is happening after the 262 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:40.000 fact. We need to look even if we look one year forward, what 263 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:42.799 are the implications one year forward? And I'm gonna be talking about that and 264 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:48.640 writing up about that after I do my data nerd research. Um, the 265 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:52.920 cost to the taxpayers. There's no way this money is gonna come out of 266 00:24:52.920 --> 00:25:00.559 nowhere. Someone's gotta pay for it. We were supposed Texas with supposed to 267 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:03.559 get help to pay for it from the federal government, but they didn't follow 268 00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:07.119 the rules. Okay, so taxpayers are going to have to fill that gap. 269 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:11.759 There's just no way around it. People need to think forward. So 270 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:17.839 again my solution, this is my solution. At sixteen, all men need 271 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:22.079 to get vasectomys. When they're ready to have children, they can get reversed 272 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:26.200 and then um older. If they're not able to get it up, they 273 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:32.799 can have their viagra, but only if they're trying to get pregnant. Otherwise, 274 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:36.559 no viagra for you. And as soon as you have that child, 275 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:41.759 you get off of viagra, and as soon as you're done having children in 276 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:48.839 general, you get that vasectomy again. And we're on the same page anyway. 277 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:56.240 UM, please subscribe, like uh, follow me on Instagram. It's 278 00:25:56.680 --> 00:26:03.160 Big Time Fresh as always. I appreciate you. Thanks again, guys, 279 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:07.400 this has been Bella from Big Time Fresh and I will see you next time. 280 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:11.519 Thanks for listening. 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