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  "path": "/the-legal-gap-forcing-new-mothers-with-cancer-to-choose-between-treatment-and-their-baby/",
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  "textContent": "An Ipswich solicitor has highlighted a gap in UK employment law that leaves mothers diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy or soon after birth unable to pause or defer their maternity leave – forcing some to spend it undergoing treatment rather than bonding with their newborn.",
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