{"id":275551,"date":"2022-09-07T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=275551"},"modified":"2022-09-07T10:13:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T15:13:19","slug":"woman-louisiana-allowed-abort-fetal-diagnosis-law-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-louisiana-allowed-abort-fetal-diagnosis-law-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman claims Louisiana won’t let her abort baby with fetal diagnosis, but the law says she can"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nancy Davis was 10 weeks pregnant<\/a> when doctors told her that her baby has acrania, a condition in which the baby’s skull does not develop and the brain is therefore exposed to amniotic fluid. Davis said her doctors recommended an abortion but that the law in Louisiana is preventing her from undergoing one. Though there is a 10% chance that her baby will survive, Davis has opened a GoFundMe account in hopes of raising $45,000 to travel for an abortion.<\/p>\n

‘Carry my baby to bury my baby’<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Davis has said, “There’s nothing I wanted more than this child” and “Being a mother starts in the womb, it starts when you conceive,” she also said that carrying her baby for even just six more weeks after the diagnosis had not been “fair” to her. She simultaneously argues that death by abortion is “the best thing for my child.”<\/p>\n

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Many women with heartbreaking pregnancy situations are left conflicted on how to act under Louisiana's unclear abortion laws. We need Louisiana's Governor to convene a special session to address these unfair, restrictive, and confusing laws! pic.twitter.com\/8MDB6ZA7lu<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) August 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n