Mercedes and Leon Wells, a Black couple from Illinois, are speaking out after they claimed they had to deliver their daughter on the side of the road on Sunday after they were discharged from Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital in Indiana while Mercedes Wells was in active labor. The couple opened up about their experience in a Wednesday interview with ABC News Live anchor Kyra Phillips, where they were joined by their newborn daughter, Alena, and their attorney. Mercedes Wells claimed that she was at the hospital for about six hours and was only seen by a nurse, not a doctor. Wells claims that her contractions were 10 minutes apart when she arrived and the nurse, who has not been named, told her that she was not dilated enough and would be discharged if her labor didn't progress. "She

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