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After the Texas law took effect, some doctors began using a procedure known as a hysterotomy to end dangerous pregnancies.

More physicians know how to perform a hysterotomy than a D&E, and when faced with an emergency, the former procedure might have been the only option for them.

Instead she had to undergo what is called a hysterotomy abortion, in which the foetus is removed via a small incision in the abdomen, similar to a caesarean section.

The procedure, which the government called an “emergency cesarean” but was actually a hysterotomy — a form of abortion carried out through cesarean — saved her life.