The short life of Baby Milo
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Today, a story about the uncharted legal territory of a new abortion law, and the consequences for families and doctors who end up in the middle.
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Nobody expected Baby Milo to live a long time. The unusual complications in his mother\\u2019s pregnancy tested the interpretation of Florida\\u2019s new abortion law.
Earlier this year, Washington Post reporter Frances Stead Sellers shared the story of Deborah Dorbert, a woman who was carrying a pregnancy to term after being denied an abortion, despite the fetus having a rare fatal condition. Florida\\u2019s abortion ban includes an exception for fatal fetal abnormalities, but her doctors told her they could not act as long as the baby\\u2019s heart was beating.
While that story went viral around the world, Debbie continued to do the best she could to prepare for delivering a child that wouldn\\u2019t survive even a few hours.
Debbie and her husband Lee named their baby Milo. He lived for 99 minutes.
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