it's haunting, but tell us first how you were alerted to the life of this young rape victim who in the article, you call ashley, and we want to tell viewers that use pseudonyms to refer to her, her baby, as well as for mother to protect their identities. we also want to note that nbc has not match but nor confirmed your reporting, but how did get underway for you? >> thanks, alex. i was working on a larger story about the way that abortion bans have impacted maternal health generally and states that have banned abortion. so i was specifically looking at maternal health deserts. many of the states are bracing for thousands more babies to be born in the aftermath of these abortion restrictions and bans, and i was looking at what kind of existing maternal health care was there to care for these new moms in new babies. and as i was calling around to doctors in these maternity care deserts and these abortion bans states, i reached doctor erika