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Report: Mothers in states with abortion bans nearly 3 times more likely to die
The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, and government officials and health experts are concerned that conditions will worsen now that a federal right to abortion has been struck down.
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Florida Congresswoman Explains What It’s Like to Be Forced to Carry a “Dead Baby” to Term
Wilson said that she became pregnant, intentionally, shortly after getting married in 1968. At seven months, the fetus stopped moving, but her doctor was prohibited by law from inducing labor. Wilson said she was “forced to carry my dead baby†until she went into labor at eight and a half months.
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Austin woman trying for baby says Texas abortion law nearly caused her death
That’s until Amanda experienced complications in her pregnancy that meant she was inevitably going to have a miscarriage. It also put her life at risk. Because of Texas’ abortion law, the family had no choice but to wait until that miscarriage happened or wait until Amanda was sick enough that doctors thought she could die.
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State abortion bans are preventing cancer patients from getting chemotherapy
Affidavits in Ohio show people had to leave the state for abortions before they could get cancer treatment. It’s an issue across the country.
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Louisiana woman carrying unviable fetus forced to travel to New York for abortion
An expectant Louisiana woman who was carrying a skull-less fetus that would die within a short time from birth ultimately traveled about 1,400 miles to New York City to terminate her pregnancy after her local hospital denied her an abortion amid uncertainty over the procedure’s legality.
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˜I’m Carrying This Baby Just to Bury It’: The Struggle to Decode Abortion Laws
At a Louisiana hospital, concerns about complying with new abortion bans in post-Roe America left a pregnant woman with a devastating diagnosis, but not an abortion.
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Woman says she carried dead fetus for 2 weeks after Texas abortion ban
Stell would be forced to carry her dead fetus for two weeks before she could find a provider to give her the medical intervention that physicians had denied her.
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Like Debbie Reynolds, I had to carry my dead baby after he died in utero. Medical providers wanted to keep me pregnant.
In 2018, I was pregnant with twins and one of the babies died in utero. I had to carry my dead baby for almost a week, and it was a harrowing experience.
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Arrest made in rape of Ohio girl that led to Indiana abortion drawing international attention
A man whose arrest further confirmed the existence of a 10-year-old Columbus girl who traveled across state lines to seek an abortion has now been indicted for allegedly raping and impregnating her.
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As Ohio restricts abortions, 10-year-old girl travels to Indiana for procedure
A 10-year-old rape victim traveled from Ohio to Indiana for abortion services after most abortions became illegal in her home state.