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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Bel Trew,Julia Saqui and Sheila Flynn

Doctors knew my baby was going to be stillborn. They refused to intervene, even though my life was at risk

This story is part of an investigative series and new documentary, The A-Word, by The Independent examining the state of abortion access and reproductive care in the US after the fall of Roe v Wade.

Nicole Blackmon was in the depths of mourning, her only son gunned down by stray bullets just months beforehand, when she discovered in July 2022 that she was pregnant with a baby she and her husband called their “miracle.”

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