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A pregnant cancer sufferer who refused an abortion a year ago despite her diagnosis has now been told she has weeks to live. 

Tasha Kann, 30, was 20 weeks pregnant with her second child when she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer, called anaplastic astrocytoma grade III. 

Despite her doctor’s advice to terminate the pregnancy so that she could receive chemotherapy and radiation, Kann refused. 

‘I told them absolutely not,’ Kann told Fox News Digital. ‘I was a little scared, but I never lost hope,’ Kann said of her diagnosis. ‘I knew I had to be strong for my baby.’

Initially given only eight months to live, she defied the odds and welcomed a healthy baby girl into the world.

Today, despite having only weeks left to live, she stands by her decision, cherishing every moment with her two children. 

Tasha Kann, 30, was 20 weeks pregnant with her second child when she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer, called anaplastic astrocytoma grade III

Tasha Kann, 30, was 20 weeks pregnant with her second child when she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer, called anaplastic astrocytoma grade III

Kann, pictured here with her husband, refused doctor's advice to terminate the pregnancy so that she could receive chemotherapy and radiation

Kann, pictured here with her husband, refused doctor’s advice to terminate the pregnancy so that she could receive chemotherapy and radiation

Kann gave birth to a healthy girl named Gracey (pictured) in October 2022, joining her 2-year-old son, Deklan. Despite having only weeks left to live, she stands by her decision, cherishing every moment with her two children

Kann gave birth to a healthy girl named Gracey (pictured) in October 2022, joining her 2-year-old son, Deklan. Despite having only weeks left to live, she stands by her decision, cherishing every moment with her two children

Kann gave birth to a healthy girl named Gracey in October 2022, joining her 2-year-old son, Deklan. 

Doctor’s predicted she only has about eight months to live after her baby’s birth, but miraculously Kann is still here almost a year later. 

‘Every single day, I look at my beautiful baby and think about how easy it was for them to tell me to abort — like she was nothing,’ Kann told Fox News Digital.

‘If I had listened — like most patients do, because they trust their doctors and don’t do their own research — my baby wouldn’t be here,’ she said. ‘It’s a miracle from God that we are both here.’

Kann dealt with a major set this summer when she received the devastating news that her cancer had spread and there are now limited treatment options available. 

Her diagnosis is referred to as Gliomatosis Cerebri, a highly aggressive tumor that affects the central nervous system and lobes of the brain.

Doctors predict she may now only have weeks to live. 

But Kann continues to stand by her decision to refuse radiation and chemotherapy treatment and instead uses alternative immunotherapy at the Burzynski Clinic in Houston, Texas. 

She remains proud of her decision to defy doctor’s recommendation and credits her faith in Jesus as the biggest factor contributing to her strength to do so. 

She still recalls being ‘disgusted’ with the doctors who she claims ‘defied God’s will.’ 

‘Aborting my baby was never an option to me because it goes against God’s will,’ she said to Fox. 

‘I had many deep conversations with Jesus that week in the hospital, and knew that if I held onto the Lord and his promises, he would keep my baby safe.’ 

‘If the cancer was already as bad as they said, killing my baby wouldn’t have saved me anyway,’ she noted.

Kann has worked in hospice and singlehandedly witnessed the toll that chemotherapy and radiation took on many patients, she said to the outlet, stating: ‘It doesn’t always work.’ 

Kann's only hope is to stay alive to be a mom to her two young children. Her family is the reason she continues to fight

Kann’s only hope is to stay alive to be a mom to her two young children. Her family is the reason she continues to fight

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My sister Tasha Kann was diagnosed with brain cancer about a year ago. When we got the news we didn’t want to believe it, naturally we questioned the Drs, second opinions etc. She is 30, a mother of two beautiful children, a wife, a sister, a friend and so much more. My sister hasn’t always had the easy life, but always got through and always stayed positive and kept smiling. My sister is a fighter and her prognosis was changed to 12months unless she can get to Texas for a treatment that can save her life Please take time to read her story. Please share or donate if possible. This woman is one of the greatest people you could meet in your life. My biggest role model. She needs all the support she can get please just take a moment and pray for her and hit the share button if you can not donate. The venmo and gofund me are in my bio and pinned to the top of this video❤️ #fyp #foryoupage #fypシ #viral #gofundme #braincancer #lifesaving #cancersucks #foryou #burzynskicancercure #burzynkiclinic

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‘I knew it would be a ‘no’ for me,’ she said. ‘I decided to go home and do my own research and figure it out, while keeping my baby alive.’

Kann’s only hope is to stay alive to be a mom to her two young children. Her family is the reason she continues to fight.

‘The only thing I ever wanted to be in life was a mom,’ she said.  

‘My husband is my main support system,’ she said to Fox. ‘He’s amazing, and I wouldn’t be able to heal like I am without him. And the smiles and laughter of my kids help keep me strong and remind me to keep going.’

After Roe v. Wade’s reversal, oncologists have expressed concern over restrictions on abortions in Republican-led states that could force pregnant cancer patients to delay critical treatments, like various chemotherapies.

‘This ruling is going to impact many different aspects of women’s health and women’s health care — but specifically for cancer patients, this could be a death sentence for some of them,’ Dr. Shikha Jain, an oncologist at the University of Illinois Cancer Center, told ABC News.

There has been instances where young pregnant women have died due to a delay in chemotherapy treatment, often times due to abortion laws. 

In 2012, a pregnant 16-year-old died from leukemia complications after her mother said the hospital delayed her chemotherapy treatment due to the Caribbean nation’s stringent anti-abortion laws.

Doctors at Semma Hospital in Santo Domingo were reluctant to give Rosa Hernandez’s teenage daughter her chemotherapy because it could terminate the pregnancy, which is against the law in the island nation where the Catholic Church remains a powerful force.

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