Nancy Davis, told WAFB News that she and her boyfriend went in for an ultrasound at 10 weeks and found out that their baby’s skull was not fully developed. The fetus was diagnosed with a rare and fatal congenital condition called acrania where its skull failed to develop in the womb. Babies with this condition only survive minutes or hours after being born.
“Ms. Davis was among the first women to be caught in the crosshairs of confusion due to Louisiana’s rush to restrict abortion. But, she will hardly be the last, America. She will hardly be the last because the medical team feared repercussions if they provided Miss Davis with an abortion. She had to look out of the state for safe, trustworthy care,” her attorney Ben Crump said at the press conference, according to ABC news.
“By imposing themselves between Miss Davis and her doctors, Louisiana lawmakers inflicted unspeakable pain emotional damage and physical risk upon this beautiful mother,” Crump added.
Davis, a mother of three said she will travel out of state for an abortion next week.