She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway.
Miranda Michel, 26, couldn’t leave the state for an abortion. But she also couldn’t bear the idea of carrying a nonviable pregnancy to term. Full Story
![Miranda Michel cradles her twin sons Helios and Perseus Langley in her arms a day after delivery at Medical City Dallas in Dallas, TX on August 10, 2023. Unable to legally terminate the pregnancy in Texas despite the twins having lethal fetal anomalies and a zero percent chance of viability, Michel carried her twins to term.](https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/2TktXDN_aoQoaaRlLKwdzMSXPNw=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/58f088a8085c68c79ab4bde0ffee8071/Miranda%20Twins%20Final%20ST%20TT%2012.jpg)
Shelby Tauber is a photo and multimedia journalist based in Dallas. Once a Tribune photography fellow in 2015, Shelby now shoots stories for The Texas Tribune covering women’s health, LGBTQ+ issues, the environment, and politics. Her work has been published in national and statewide outlets including TIME Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, ProPublica, the Texas Observer and NBC News.
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