{"id":270524,"date":"2022-06-21T14:50:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T19:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=270524"},"modified":"2022-06-21T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T19:28:16","slug":"washington-post-exploits-teen-mom-twins-saved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/washington-post-exploits-teen-mom-twins-saved\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post exploits teen mom whose twins were saved thanks to Texas abortion law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the Washington Post, Brooke Alexander’s story is a tragedy. Unexpectedly pregnant as a teenager, she’s now an 18-year-old married mother of twins. Her first reaction to the pregnancy was that she should have an abortion \u2014 but the Texas Heartbeat Act and a visit to a pregnancy resource center changed that plan \u2014 and today, she is grateful for her children, though you’d never guess it from the bleak way the Post paints her story.<\/p>\n

The Post reported<\/a> that Alexander found out she was pregnant just two days before the Texas Heartbeat Act took effect. She texted her father in desperation, and together they hoped she wasn’t six weeks pregnant yet. “We\u2019re gonna see how far along it is,\u201d she wrote. \u201cSee if abortion is an option.\u201d<\/p>\n

No abortion facility nearby was able to see Alexander quickly, unless she could get an ultrasound to determine if she was less than six weeks pregnant. And that led her to visit the Pregnancy Center of the Coastal Bend, where she underwent an ultrasound, though she was unaware at the time that the center does not commit abortions. Angie Arnholt, who worked at the pregnancy resource center, listened as Alexander explained why she wanted an abortion: she had only been dating her boyfriend for three months, and was about to start school to get her real estate license. She had dropped out of high school at 15. Her mother, Terri Thomas, was with her, and had agreed with her decision to get an abortion.<\/p>\n

But then, when it came time for the ultrasound, Alexander and her mother were in for a shock.<\/p>\n

Read: 15 women on why they regret their abortions: \u2018Nothing has ever hurt me this bad’<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexander was pregnant with twins<\/em>. And she was 12 weeks<\/em> along. She asked the ultrasound tech if she was sure, while her mother jumped up and down saying, \u201cOh, my God, oh, my God. This is a miracle from the Lord. We are having these babies.\u201d<\/p>\n