The woman has a week to decide whether to travel out of state or whether to carry her baby to term when it will only live for a few moments.
Nancy Davis, who is 13 weeks pregnant with her second child, got her first ultrasound at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge when she was 10 weeks pregnant. This was a pregnancy she and her boyfriend were excited for, but the ultrasound revealed that her baby suffered from a rare and fatal condition.
“It was an abnormal ultrasound, and they noticed the top of the baby’s head was missing and the skull was missing, the top of the skull was missing,” Davis explained to local news outletHer baby was diagnosed with acrania, a fatal congenital disorder where the baby’s skull fails to form in the womb. The bones are either completely or partially absent, and 75% of infants with any form of, or the absence of major parts of the brain, skull, or scalp, are stillborn.
Despite this devastating prognosis, Davis isn’t eligible for a legal abortion in her home state. Davis’ life is not in danger and her baby’s fatal condition does not fall under the Louisiana Department of Health’s“It’s hard knowing that ... you know I’m carrying it to bury it...you know what I’m saying,” she explained.“I just want them to consider special circumstances as it relates to abortion...medical problems, like this is one that needs to be in that,” said Davis.
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