New Boston woman was told her twin sons wouldn't survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway.
DALLAS -- Miranda Michel's eyes popped open on the operating table, panic gripping her body. Was she too late?
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DALLAS -- Miranda Michel's eyes popped open on the operating table, panic gripping her body. Was she too late?
Texas' abortion law forced a mother to carry twins her doctors knew would die shortly after birth. Republished with permission of The Texas Tribune.
Doctors had said her twins might only survive two or three minutes. She didn’t know if they’d already been born, how much time had passed, if they were already gone.
She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway.
Miranda Michel, 26, couldn’t leave the state for an abortion. But she also couldn’t bear the idea of carrying a nonviable pregnancy to term.