These Zika mothers went to battle -- and their cry was heard

Ruty Pereira sits with her daughter, Tamara, in their apartment in Maceió, in eastern Brazil. Tamara, whose development was impacted in utero by the Zika virus, eats through a feeding tube.

After the Zika outbreak ended in Brazil, many families faced a new reality: a child whose life was irrevocably altered after the mother contracted the virus while pregnant. Here's what happened next.

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