Texas woman speaks out after being forced to carry her dead fetus for 2 weeks
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The same surgical procedure that is used to treat a miscarriage is also used for terminating pregnancies. New Texas anti-abortion laws have doctors nervous to perform procedures for miscarriages, forcing this woman to carry her dead fetus in her womb for two weeks. CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen has more.
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Woman was forced to carry her dead fetus inside her for TWO WEEKS after TX doctors refused to perform a D&C - says she felt like a 'walking coffin
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Gut-wrenching': Woman forced to carry her dead fetus for 2 weeks due to anti-abortion laws
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Woman was forced to carry her dead fetus inside her for TWO WEEKS after TX doctors refused to perform a D&C - says she felt like a 'walking coffin
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