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With posters illustrating stages of pregnancy behind them, people attend a health clinic about diabetes held by Holy Family Services, a birth center and women's clinic in the Rio Grande Valley, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Weslaco, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Maria Isabel de Perez, 82, of Welasco, Texas, cries as she recounts how her son was too scared to go to a hospital when he felt intense pain in his abdomen recently, leading to his near-death when his appendix burst, after she attended a diabetes clinic hosted by Holy Family Services, a birth center and women's clinic in the Rio Grande Valley, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Weslaco, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)