When Brooke Alexander looks at her twin daughters, she realizes that Kendall and Olivia might not be alive without the Texas heartbeat law.

The 18-year-old from Corpus Christi, Texas, wanted an abortion, but the pro-life law stopped her from getting one, according to the Washington Post.

Now, despite her struggles with finances, relationships and future plans, Alexander is thankful for her baby girls.

“It’s really scary thinking that I wouldn’t have them,” she told the newspaper, as baby Olivia grasped her finger.

According to the report, Alexander discovered she was pregnant on Aug. 29, 2021, two days before the Texas heartbeat law went into effect. The law prohibits abortions once an unborn baby’s heartbeat is detectable, about six weeks of pregnancy, and was the first early abortion ban allowed to go into effect in nearly 50 years in the United States…. (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)

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