More than 80% of women will choose to terminate a pregnancy with anencephaly when detected before 24 weeks' gestation, according to data from before the Dobbs decision. Given the profound effects ...

Anencephaly is another defect where the open neural tube is exposed at the base of the skull. It’s one of the most severe birth defects because it causes the baby to be born without parts of ...

But there is one case report of an infant who survived to her second birthday. More than 80% of women will choose to terminate a pregnancy with anencephaly when detected before 24 weeks’ gestation, ...

This may affect the brain and spine of the baby. Examples of NTDs are spina bifida (incomplete formation of the spine and spinal cord) or anencephaly (incomplete formation of the brain and skull).

More than 80% of women will choose to terminate a pregnancy with anencephaly when detected before 24 weeks’ gestation, according to data from before the Dobbs decision. Given the profound ...