To nab an under-2 spot at Hansen Place in Brooklyn's Fort Greene, parents need to apply when the mother is in the first trimester of pregnancy.

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They also said states could regulate abortion procedures in the interest of a woman's health or in protecting a potential human life starting at the end of the pregnancy's first trimester.

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In my case, I was offered a job during my first trimester, so I accepted without alluding to my pregnancy.

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