Woman, Dead, Continues in Pregnancy

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Woman, Dead, Continues in Pregnancy

Washington Post notes in this piece from last week the continuing pregnancy we previously described of Susan Torres, who had indicated that her body should be maintained after her death - which occurred 55 days ago - so that her fetus might be born as the child of her and her husband, Jason, a 26 year old in Arlington Virginia.

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