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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Her baby was dying. She needed an abortion to survive. But Texas was ready to let her die too

Kailee DeSpain

Her baby was going to die. It was highly likely that she was also going to die. The state of Texas refused to do anything.

Instead, the only option for Kailee DeSpain was to make the 10-hour drive to New Mexico to have an abortion to save her life and then to have the ashes of the son that she and her husband so desperately wanted shipped back home in the mail.

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