You are clearly not one of the Texans that the article refers to. I am referring to Texans who, in fact, probably DO love their children but are blinded by ideology and, due to that, behave in ways that are deadly for their children.
Many Texans, like you, are wiser but at the moment are too few to win elections. Perhaps it is a large number of your fellow Texans, more than the leaders or even me, that are central to the problem.