![]() And they quoted me something like $17,500 for the procedure. ![]() I was given a paper with two abortion clinics on it. He didn’t want to risk losing his licence, because nobody knew what was going on. My doctor called me, he was almost crying. They told me she wasn’t going to live, and I needed a termination – which, at that point, they told me I could get.Īnd then Roe was overturned, and a 15-week ban sprung into action in Arizona, because it was no longer unconstitutional. Her cleft palate was so bad they couldn’t even tell if she had a nose. The doctor told me my daughter has Alobar holoprosencephaly, which basically means her brain didn’t split like it was supposed to, and it causes facial deformities. I remember there being a box of tissues, and I was like, “that’s weird – hopefully I don’t need these!” My baby’s head was measuring two weeks behind, but I thought maybe she just had a small head.Ībout a week before Roe was overturned, I saw the high risk doctor. I went into my 21-week scan thinking everything was fine. ![]() I had a very typical pregnancy – the morning sickness, all of that. But I was also really excited because I’ve always loved being a mom. I was scared because I was not expecting to have two babies under two. You found out you were pregnant in January last year. ‘My doctor called me, he was almost crying’ Chloe Partridge, 22, was unable to get an abortion in Arizona in 2022 – this is her story. On the anniversary, I spoke to a young woman who lived through this monumental change, to understand the lingering impacts one year on. Turmoil, deepening class and race divisions, and heart-breaking choices have ensued. It’s hard to convey the disruption America has faced in the year since Roe v Wade was overturned, and some 22 million women of reproductive age lost easy access to abortion in one of the richest countries in the world. In depth: ‘To watch her die slowly over two days was so horrible’ New estimates predict the number will rise from 529 million in 2021 to more than 1.3 billion in 2050. He added that the government’s “big weakness” was a lack of “radicalism” in thinking before the crisis took hold.ĭiabetes | The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide will more than double by 2050, according to research that blames rapidly rising obesity levels and widening health inequalities. London | Ministers have been accused of criminalising the flying of the European union flag on government buildings in England after London’s City Hall was told it could be prosecuted for displaying it on the anniversary of the Brexit referendum.Ĭovid | England’s chief medical officer, Sir Chris Whitty, said the UK “did not give sufficient thought” to stopping Covid in its tracks as he listed multiple problems with preparedness in his first cross-examination at the pandemic public inquiry. Mortgages | The government’s pledge to ease the cost of living crisis is in tatters after the unexpected leap in interest rates to 5%, a “shock and awe” move by the Bank of England which some fear will push the UK into recession. Film director James Cameron has also claimed his sources in the deep-sea exploration industry detected a “loud bang”. Titanic sub | The US Navy has said it detected an “anomaly” that was likely the Titan’s fatal implosion, soon after the submersible went missing on its voyage to the wreck of the Titanic. She watched her baby die in distress after two days. There are severe restrictions in five further states, while in seven others, including Ohio and South Carolina, proposed bans have been blocked by the courts.įor today’s newsletter, Guardian US’s Poppy Noor has spoken to one woman from Arizona who was forced to carry her pregnancy to term after the supreme court vote, despite having been told her baby had an unsurvivable medical condition. In 14 states, including Texas, Alabama and West Virginia, abortion is banned from conception, with very few exceptions. ![]()
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