Woman unable to get abortion may be forced to give birth to headless baby

Nancy Davis, from Louisiana, was just 10 weeks into her pregnancy when an ultrasound revealed her foetus had no head.

Describing the harrowing moment she found out there was something wrong with her pregnancy, Nancy said: "It was an abnormal ultrasound, and they noticed the top of the baby’s head was missing and the skull was missing, the top of the skull was missing."

Louisiana's restrictive abortion ban means that she will either be forced to give birth to a baby without a skull or travel miles to Florida and receive an out-of-state abortion.

It's a decision no woman should have to make, with Nancy adding: "It’s hard, knowing that I’m carrying it to bury it, you know what I’m saying?"

For those unfamiliar, the United States Supreme Court decided to overturn the 49-year-old Roe V Wade ruling that granted millions of women the legal right to abortion.

Following this, some states introduced new restrictions, or bans on abortions, while others have reactivated dormant laws that make abortion access illegal, possibly even when conception occurred as a result of rape or incest.

Louisiana is one such state that passed incredibly restrictive legislation following the overturning of the landmark case.

The republican-led state has banned all abortions except for cases where the mother's life is in jeopardy and some when the foetus is nonviable.

You might be thinking surely that includes Nancy? But it doesn't.

The list of medical conditions that are considered to make pregnancy 'medically futile' or a foetus 'nonviable' isn't extensive.

Earlier this month the Louisiana Department of Health released a list of conditions that would make pregnancy 'futile' and that list had conditions missing, like acrania, which caused Nancy's foetus to form without a skull.