This story has been updated following the June 24, 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Already exploited by their rapists, these children now also suffer the consequences of Texas’ so-called “heartbeat” law, which bans almost all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy even in cases of rape, sexual abuse and incest. “You go down and meet with them for the first time and they look every bit 12 years old,” Mindy Jackson, director of support services. told me. “They’re small, young, in a cute little T-shirt and rainbow shoelaces.”
The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center can’t afford the time or potential fallout to get caught up in political debates. Its job is to support victims and their families from the moment of that first forensic interview with the child until the family’s ”graduation day” from therapy. Some families decide to go through with the pregnancy and either raise the child or put the baby up for adoption. Other families decide that terminating the pregnancy, if still medically possible, is in the best interest of their child.
With the help of generous donors, the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center provides the victims of criminal sexual abuse and their families with clothing and other material needs that might help rebuild children's lives. The social, emotional and financial consequences of sexual abuse — even when perpetrators are removed from the scene and healing begins — are enormous.
A common thought of sexual abuse victims, especially those who became pregnant, is that anyone on the street can look at them and know what happened. Murphey Sears, the center’s chief development officer, described it as the neon sign syndrome. “It’s just tragic to know that a child is already thinking about being this big neon sign for abuse, then also coping with the physical representation of that, not just the invisible feeling.”
The staff then assesses and treats victims and provides wraparound, supportive services to the family. Most of the time, more concerns are revealed — intimate partner abuse, physical abuse and other trauma within the family, oftentimes multi-generational.
Crime should be punished DMN! Yet the rag pushes victims.
“Their abuser’s baby” Why are u promoting a 1-2% minority and ignoring the irresponsibility of the other 98% ? Is rape/incest an unforgivable and inexcusable sin? Absolutely and abusers should be in prison but pls let’s not spread misinformation and cause mass hysteria.
RepMattSchaefer SenBryanHughes leylapirnie
Well had the left not challenged states rights to ban abortion after 15 weeks, we wouldn't be here right now, would we? You weren't advocating for the pregnant preteen. You wanted unfettered killing of babies up until birth.
The numbers of those people who actually visit Planned parenthood is like .05%
Better than the voiceless child in the womb
'Innocent victims.. 'forced' to live. Instead of slaughter in the womb? Ok. This isn't journalism.
Liars
I thought the 63 million mutilated and killed were the most innocent victims. Majority were people of color. Guess you just have a really weird way of doing 'journalism' - but you do you...
🤣🤣🤣🤣 not quite.
As low as one can go- force kids tohave kids.
1. You still have access to Plan B 2. You can still have abortion up to 14 weeks.
I didn't have making rape and incest legal on my bingo card this year but there's Texas, doing just that.
My friend was raped by her brother got pregnant and had his baby she was only 14 yes old. The baby came out severely mentally ill and the mother turned to a life of drugs and prostitution. The radical Christian extremists abortion ban is only to harm people like her.
When did the Dallas Morning News become a one-sided propaganda spreader?
1% Plan B Drive to another state.
So the innocent child is justified to be murdered? There are people everywhere that want to adopt! Stop supporting MURDER🤬
I'd say it's the babies killed by their mothers for no other reason than an inconvenience...
The most innocent victims of dallas are those trying to find decent journalism or a newspaper worth reading. votered2022
Almost as bad as the poor children who are forced to get abortions to hide incest.
Lure commercium tecum habere volo, ut meam prolem feram.
So sick.
0.5%
SharonFGrigsby It's a good news ! or bad news for Texas abortion rights . Well women's should have some kind of abortion rights - under circumstances . But I do not like killing baby. When they do have also , rights to live . Maybe birth control pills are options.
SharonFGrigsby BlueWave2022
SharonFGrigsby That’s what, 0.5% of all abortions? Fine. Go to another state to do it. You won’t in Texas.
SharonFGrigsby California welcomes you
SharonFGrigsby Imagine having to endure the condescending buillshit of pro-life people telling you that you should be honored to carry the baby of your rapist. Disgusting.
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SharonFGrigsby grigsby is an idiot
SharonFGrigsby This is truly sickening. This should act as a catalyst for the largest voting turnout in history. ONLY vote for candidates who support a woman’s right to reproductive healthcare. This is about your daughters, your sisters, your mothers. Abortion rights are human rights.
SharonFGrigsby That's the Trojan horse they rolled it in with in 1973... But we don't get to 63 million dead children by that math. We have to do better as a society
SharonFGrigsby Jesus this is the most over the top bs I've read so far. No one is forcing anything on anyone. People just have to make better life choices. Men and woman alike. Government forced people to make cakes. Wasn't a lot of complaints when their right to choose was taken
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