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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Eleanor Klibanoff and Shelby Tauber

She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway.

Miranda Michel cradles her twin sons Helios and Perseus Langley in her arms a day after delivery at Medical City Dallas in Dallas, TX on August 10, 2023. Unable to legally terminate the pregnancy in Texas despite the twins having lethal fetal anomalies and a zero percent chance of viability, Michel carried her twins to term.
Miranda Michel, 26, learned at 16 weeks that the twins she was carrying would not survive. But Texas law does not allow abortions in cases of lethal fetal anomalies. (Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune)

Editor's note: This story includes images some people may find distressing.

DALLAS — Miranda Michel’s eyes popped open on the operating table, panic gripping her body. Was she too late?

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