"Our baby was wanted and loved." Complications of Arkansas's abortion ban

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Jessica Valenti
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Sep 23, 2022
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Chelsea Stovall is a mother of two in Arkansas who was 19 wks pregnant when she was told the daughter she named Winter wouldn’t survive. Chelsea had to travel 400 miles & spend thousands of dollars to have an abortion.

I won't forget this interview anytime soon.


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Chelsea doesn’t think she’ll have more children: “Because I know once I get pregnant, I stop mattering.”

Read the full story here: https://thv11.com/article/news/health/complications-of-arkansas-abortion-ban/91-71c1d6c2-8f89-4e17-81ea-24464099a0b4…


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8:38 AM · Sep 23, 2022

https://www.thv11.com/article/news/health/complications-of-arkansas-abortion-ban/91-71c1d6c2-8f89-4e17-81ea-24464099a0b4

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"Everything was healthy until it wasn’t," Chelsea explained.

When Chelsea was 19 weeks pregnant, the Stovalls found out they were having a girl. Though they were glad to hear the news, that day brought tragic news as well.

"We found out that she was developing without a diaphragm and that her stomach and intestines or organs had been strangling her heart and they'd been compressing the lungs," Chelsea said.

Thomas added, "Doctors gave us a stat as one in every 3500 babies this happens to and there's no explanation for it."

The heartbreaking news led to weeks of doctor's appointments and second opinions.

"So my OB, she said that the baby is not viable. And that she had a chance to make it full term, but that was most likely not going to happen. And even if she did, there was a very small chance that she would survive the surgery that she would need right after being born," Chelsea explained.

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