Fatal anomaly exception didn’t spare Alabama mom who needed an abortion
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A heart defect and large fetal tumor weren’t enough for doctors to feel comfortable granting abortion care. By Kelcie Mosely-Morris for Alabama Reflector Kelly Shannon was grieving a pregnancy she would need to terminate because of multiple fetal anomalies when she got the call that Alabama doctors wouldn’t approve an abortion procedure despite exceptions in the law. That meant she would have to leave the state. Shannon, 36, was about 16 weeks along in January 2023 when genetic testing—and...

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