you can see the tech, she was she was quiet. she was suddenly quiet and her affect had changed, and then they got to her head and she turned the whole machine off and she said, i need to go get your o.b. reporter: richter s daughter was diagnosed with a serious birth defect called anencephaly, which cause as baby oh grow without parts of brain and skull, babies with the condition are stillborn or die shortly after birth, he 1 in 4,600 babies born in the u.s. according to the c.d.c. there was also a hole in the baby s heart. richter was 19 weeks pregnant. it was the worst news we could have gotten, still the worst we ve received in our lives reporter: doctors said richter s life was also at risk. because of the severity of our case, my amniotic fluid was on the verge of sepsis. reporter: richter made the decision to terminate the pregnancy. she had so badly wanted. she was still my baby, and i carried her for almost 20 weeks
The Delhi High Court has allowed a woman to medically terminate her 27-week pregnancy as the foetus was suffering from anencephaly, open neural tube defect and kyphoscoliosis disease.
baby. they re not and outrage is growing. here s senior correspondent elizabeth cohen. reporter: in the rural and fertile yakima valley, an alarming number of babies born with birth defects. anencephaly, babies born with much of their brain and skull missing. i was stunned. three in a couple month period of time. that s unheard of. they are such tragic, terrible outcomes. reporter: barron s shocking discovery prompted an investigation by the state health department, which showed that in three counties in a three-year period there were 23 cases of anencephaly, a rate four times the national average. what could be causing such a high rate here? is it just a coincidence or something more serious?
random cluster of horrible luck. some experts say that s possible. but what if something in the environment is the culprit. state health officials have looked around and found nothing so far. you would think they would be working around the clock trying to find an answer talking to every single mom who s lost a baby. but they re not and outrage is growing. here s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. reporter: in the rural and fertile yakima valley in washington state, a horrible medical mystery has unfolded. an alarming number of babies born with birth defects. sara baron, a nurse in the region was the first to report cases of anencephaly, babies born with much of their brain and skull missing. i was stunned. three in a couple of month period of time. that s unheard of. they are such tragic, terrible outcomes. reporter: barron s shocking discovery prompted an investigation by the state health department, which showed that in three counties in a three-year period, there w
possible. but what if something in the environment is the culprit. state health officials have found nothing so far. you would think they would be working around the clock trying to find an answer talking to every single mom who s lost a baby. they re not and outrage is growing. here s senior correspondent elizabeth cohen. reporter: in the rural and fertile yakima valley, an alarming number of babies born with birth defects. anencephaly, babies born with much of their brain and skull missing. i was stunned. three in a couple month period of time. that s unheard of. they are such tragic, terrible outcomes. reporter: barron s shocking discovery prompted an investigation by the state health department, which showed that in three counties in a three-year period there were 23 cases of anencephaly, a rate