Colorado Abortion Ban Could Be Felt Nationwide

Dr. Warren Hern’s clinic in Boulder, Colo., photographed on Monday, June 1, 2009. Hern said a ballot initiative to ban abortion after 22 weeks in Colorado would prohibit about 95% of the procedures performed at the clinic.

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Last year around this time, Tammy, her husband, and their young son were getting ready for a big expansion of their family: she was expecting twins – one boy and one girl.

The family celebrated around Christmastime with a gender reveal party, complete with matching onesies reading, “Little Brother” and “Little Sister.”

“It was great, and I think my husband I would both say that that was probably the highest point of what had already been a difficult pregnancy,” she said.