I wasn’t able to get an abortion. Now I’m raising my rapist’s baby: One woman’s devastating story highlighting the reality of reproductive care in America

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.

For more than a decade, “Melinda” has raised a child she never wanted — a child that was the product of rape.