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My sister and the baby she was carrying died in the United States of America. They died in the country that spends more money on pregnancy and birth technology than any other country in this world.

Robin Lim

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Robin Lim
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: November 24
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Women will always pay the price for love, that is why God makes us so much stronger than men.
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