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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Florida couple unable to get abortion will see baby die after delivery

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Ron DeSantis signs Florida's 15-week abortion ban into law last year. Photograph: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

In a few weeks, a Florida couple will have to bid farewell to their child shortly after the baby is delivered, a gut-wrenching reality created by the US supreme court’s elimination of nationwide abortion rights last year.

Because of a new Florida law that bans abortion after 15 weeks except under certain circumstances, Deborah Dorbert has become one of many women having difficulty accessing necessary abortion procedures after the supreme court overturned the rights granted by the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision.

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