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Woman Forced to Carry Fetus for Weeks Despite No Heartbeat: ‘Your Womb Becomes a Tomb’
Synopsis
In March of 2025, Elisabeth Weber learned her pregnancy had stopped developing. But South Carolina’s six-week abortion ban forced her to stay pregnant until she miscarried at home. Doctors had repeatedly denied her a D&C, routine treatment for a miscarriage, which left her in pain and at risk of infection. Distraught in her car after being denied care, she shared her story on TikTok and it went viral. Elizabeth talked to People reporter Cara Lynn Shultz to share her experience.
I can’t believe that I’m being forced to carry around my dead baby. They know it’s gone, they know it’s dead, they know it’s stopped developing, and now I’m being forced to carry it … there’s really no feeling like when your womb becomes a tomb.
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