Anencephaly occurs when an infant is born without parts of their brain and skull. It is a severe congenital anomaly, which means that a baby develops anencephaly in the womb. Anencephaly is a ...

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“At Dr. Dennard’s 11-week ultrasound visit, however, her baby was diagnosed with anencephaly,” her attorneys wrote. “Dr.

The New England Journal of Medicine article found that Texas patients like Ashley Brandt, facing a life-limiting fetal diagnosis such as anencephaly, are only being counseled to "continue their ...

The parents of a baby who became Britain’s youngest organ donor have welcomed a little girl 10 years on. Teddy Houlston was ...

AFP. AFP is a protein normally found in high concentration in fetal serum. It is produced initially by yolk sac cells and then by hepatocytes. AFP concentration in neonatal blood ranges between 10 ...

Samantha Casiano is a plaintiff in the same case as Dennard and received the same fetal diagnosis of anencephaly. But Casiano couldn’t leave Texas for an abortion, and her daughter, Halo ...

The parents of a baby boy who became Britain's youngest ever organ donor have welcomed a new little girl into the world ten ...

Jess Evans and Mike Houlston from Cardiff made the heartbreaking decision to donate their tragic baby boy Teddy's organs to ...

In Brazil, abortion is allowed when the mother is at risk, when the pregnancy stems from rape, and in cases of fetal anencephaly (the baby has no brain and therefore no chance of survival).

Teddy Houlston’s death so soon after birth left a hole in his family’s life that has been especially hard for his twin Noah, but the birth of baby Bodhi has helped the family heal ...