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Ana Navarro, co-host of “The View,” speaks during a rally for Kamala Harris at Fountain Park in Allentown on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Standing in front of 100 people in a gravel lot at Fountain Park earlier this week, Ana Navarro shared the story of how a doctor’s mistake led to the tragic end of her pregnancy years ago.

As part of a Reproductive Freedom Bus Tour organized by Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, the co-host of “The View” and former political strategist said her doctor believed she had an ectopic pregnancy. The potentially life-threatening condition occurs when a fetus attaches outside the uterus, so her doctor gave her an injection to remove the fetus.

But a follow-up appointment revealed the doctor was wrong. The pregnancy would have been viable if not for the injection, she said. Due to the error, Navarro said, she had to have an abortion.

Today, she said, she’s not sure how doctors would treat her in her home state of Florida. The state’s six-week abortion ban includes exceptions to protect the life and health of a mother. But reports have surfaced across the country where women grew severely ill or died because doctors […]

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