Carter Sherman reports on why the issue of reproductive rights is dominating the US presidential election
When Lauren Miller found out she was pregnant with twins in the summer of 2022, she was shocked and excited. But an early scan revealed that one of the twins was not developing at the same pace as the other. He had severe abnormalities, and a rare chromosomal disorder called Trisomy 18.
“It was something like nine doctors, several nurses, several genetic counsellors, and everybody said almost verbatim the same thing,” Lauren tells Helen Pidd. “Which was that every day this unviable twin continued to grow, he put his healthy twin and myself at greater risk. And that was all they could say. That’s where healthcare ends in Texas these days.
