Pre-teen pregnancy—yes, even a girl as young as 10—happens. And it’s not the rare occurrence the anti-abortion absolutists would have you believe.

The New York Times found in Texas state records that just in 2021, more than 200 children (defined as 15 and younger) got abortions. One was 11 or younger, and 30 were 12 or 13 years old.

Multiply these numbers by 50 states, and you’re in the thousands—4,460 in 2017, according to the most recent numbers available—and every one of them is a child spared the trauma of carrying a pregnancy to term. ...