{"id":286861,"date":"2023-03-13T16:41:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T21:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=286861"},"modified":"2023-03-13T14:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T19:17:50","slug":"woman-denied-abortion-fatal-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-denied-abortion-fatal-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions remain in story of woman prevented from aborting baby with ‘fatal diagnosis’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was during her 23-week pregnancy appointment that Deborah Dorbert of Florida was first alerted<\/a>\u00a0that her preborn child might have a health condition. A week later the diagnosis came \u2014 Potter syndrome, a condition that occurs when there is little to no amniotic fluid present in the womb. Dorbert wanted to have an abortion but said she is unable to due to Florida’s law protecting preborn children from abortion after 15 weeks.<\/p>\n

According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, Potter syndrome<\/a> most often is the result of the child missing both kidneys. It can also be the result of conditions in the child’s kidneys. The lack of amniotic fluid that cushions the child causes certain physical features that are non-life threatening but also causes the lungs to be underdeveloped, making it difficult to survive outside the womb. A child’s chances of survival depend<\/a> on the cause of the syndrome.<\/p>\n

According to WFLA<\/a>, Dorbert’s baby does not have kidneys, which her doctors at Lakeland Regional Health said gives the baby no chance of survival.<\/p>\n