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Louisiana woman carrying fetus with no skull forced to travel to New York to get abortion

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The Guardian that she had her pregnancy terminated on September 1. Davis had learned 10 weeks into her pregnancy that the fetus she was carrying had acrania, a rare and fatal condition in which the baby’s skull fails to form in the womb.

Davis was told that if she brought the pregnancy to full term and gave birth, the baby would likely survive for a very short amount of time — anywhere from several minutes to a week.

The physicians located in Davis’ hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, advised her to get an abortion, but said they could not perform the procedure. "Basically, they said I had to carry my baby to bury my baby," Davis said back in August. "They seemed confused about the law and afraid of what would happen to them." FILE - People participate in an abortion rights rally outside of the Supreme Court. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)If a doctor performs an illegal abortion in Louisiana, they could face up to 15 years in prison.

State legislation bans all abortions except if there is substantial risk of death or impairment to the patient if they continue with the pregnancy and in the case of "medically futile" pregnancies — when the fetus has a fatal abnormality.

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