A woman in a small town in the Midwest enters an emergency room in the middle of the night accompanied by her husband. She is well into her second trimester of pregnancy and is complaining of high fevers, severe cramping, and chills. An ultrasound shows a fetus without a heartbeat in her uterus. Sadly, her pregnancy is not viable, and the fetus is causing a massive infection in her body. This infection could lead to septic shock and possibly death.

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