Shefali Luthra

Reproductive Health Reporter

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Patients come to the Vitae Clinic to become moms.

The peaks and valleys of the wooden wall art depict cardiac activity on an ultrasound. The waiting room of the third-floor clinic is full of toys and soft books for babies. To one side is a large box of formula that visitors are encouraged to take. And in the lobby, a sculpture of one of the world’s most famous mothers: the Virgin Mary holding a fetus inside a bowl.

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The promise of motherhood is everywhere — even in the name, Latin for life.

Signs around the room boast the

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