Twenty women are challenging the state’s abortion laws, saying they were unable to get the health care they needed for their medically complex pregnancies.
Twenty women are challenging the state’s abortion laws, saying they were unable to get the health care they needed for their medically complex pregnancies. Kimberly Manzano, a new plaintiff joining a lawsuit against Texas ’s abortion laws, poses for portrait at a park in McKinney on Nov. 11, 2023. 6:34 PM CST November 14, 2023 When Kimberly Manzano’s doctor first noticed some irregularities with her pregnancy, she turned to God, praying constantly for good news.
When the diagnosis worsened, she and her husband sought comfort in the Bible’s Book of Hebrews — the book of hope. And when her doctor finally determined her baby could not survive outside the womb, she asked her pastor for advice. “He said, ‘if you believe your doctor to be a godly man, take what the doctor says as clarity from God in your decision,’” she recalls. Manzano and her husband, both devout Christians, decided the most loving thing they could do for their son was terminate the pregnancy. It was a difficult decision for the couple, who both considered themselves anti-abortion before thi
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