Louisiana woman to travel out of state after she was denied an abortion for fetus without a skull.

Louisiana woman to travel out of state after she was denied an abortion for fetus without a skull.

A Louisiana woman who was denied an abortion even though her fetus’ skull failed to develop will travel out of state for the procedure next week.

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.

At a news conference on Friday, Davis said her doctors told her that she can get an abortion. But they would not be able to perform the procedure because of the state’s ban on abortions.


“They told me that I should terminate the pregnancy,” Davis said at the press conference on the state Capitol steps. “Because of the state of Louisiana’s abortion ban they cannot perform the procedure. Basically, they said I had to carry my baby to bury my baby. They seemed confused about the law and afraid of what would happen to them if they perform a criminal abortion, according to the law.”

After the U.S Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Louisiana’s abortion trigger ban into effect. The law bans all abortions except when there is substantial risk of death or impairment to the woman as well as in the case of “medically futile” pregnancies. Davis’ fetus condition does not fall under Louisiana Department of Health’s list of conditions that meets the requirement for an abortion.

A doctor who performs an illegal abortion in Louisiana could face up to 15 years in prison.


“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.


According to her GoFundMe page, she will seek abortion care in North Carolina.

“I want you to imagine what it’s been like to continue this pregnancy for another six weeks after this diagnosis,” Davis said on Friday. “This is not fair to me and it should not happen to any other woman.”