A pregnant woman shares her story exclusively with ABC13 after learning at 15 weeks that her baby will not survive the pregnancy, but Texas laws will not allow an abortion.
"She's not only dealing with the fact that she can't even grieve or mourn, that this is what's happening with her child, she also has to deal with the physical ," explained the woman's sister.
"They were told that, normally, somebody that would be getting this kind of news would immediately go have an abortion," the woman's mother explained. "When asked, 'What will be enough, to make her sick enough, to warrant a procedure?' We were told basically a liver failure. Basically, a stroke. Basically, a 911 call," the woman's mother said.
Texas Senate Bill 8 is a law she says is ambiguous and unclear. This family says it has them in a state of heartbreak and worry.
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