Texas among worst states to have a baby, study finds

For all its lawmakers' talk about protecting children and the unborn, Texas ranks in the bottom half in a new study on the best states in which to have a baby. Indeed, the Lone Star State ranked as the 37th best for soon-to-be mothers in the new analysis by finance site WalletHub. WalletHub ranked the 50 states and the District of Columbia using 31 key metrics, including the cost of having a child — $2,600 on average for those with insurance and nearly $15,000 for those without. Researchers also took into effect factors such as health care accessibility and childcare centers per capita.