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Mothers endure traumatic pregnancies under Texas' abortion ban — or leave the state

In Texas, pregnant patients who learn their fetus has a fatal condition have two options: carry the pregnancy until birth or travel out of state for an abortion.

NPR’s Selena Simmons-Duffin follows the story of two women.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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