![]() More: GoFundMe set up for Art Hains' family as broadcaster continues to battle West Nile Virus You could tell the doctors were trying to tell us what we needed to do, but at the same time, trying to protect themselves. In the end, Farmer didn't just lose Maeve she lost her friends and her trust that Missouri would allow medical professionals to do their jobs. "I know it sounds horrible, but we just wanted to finish the process," she said. The couple wanted to be able to grieve the loss of their daughter, not sit at home or in a hospital "with a baby dying inside me," Farmer said. Instead, Farmer and McNeill were left to make a series of trips across three states and countless phone calls. The doctors recommended terminating the pregnancy, but 39 days after the state of Missouri banned abortions, that wasn't an option, at least not in Missouri.Ī year ago, the hospital could have offered a chance for the couple to say goodbye and hold their daughter, even though they knew she wouldn't survive outside the womb. And the outcome wasn't much better if they tried to hold off on delivery. If Maeve was delivered right then, chances of survival at 17 weeks and 5 days were zero, according to the assessment and plan section of Farmer's medical records outlining the visit. She and her boyfriend, Matthew McNeill, had already picked out a name for their daughter: Maeve.īut the doctors had devastating news for them on Aug. She went to Freeman Hospital in Joplin, where she'd been just the day before. on August 2, nearly 18 weeks into her pregnancy, Mylissa Farmer experienced what doctors call a preterm premature rupture of membranes - her water broke before labor, followed by vaginal bleeding, abdominal pressure and cramping. ![]() Watch Video: Biden calls out 'extremist' abortion laws proposed across the countryĮditor's note: After publication, Mylissa Farmer reached out to the News-Leader to clarify that when she said she was "pro-life," she was referring to her personal decision-making, and that in her political beliefs, she is "pro-choice": "It is not my place to judge or force what another’s decisions should be."Īt 6:30 a.m.
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