With the growing success of organ transplantation in the early 1980s, organ donation from anencephalic infants became a topic for practical and ethical consideration. Criteria for brain death guided ...

The condition known as anencephaly – lacking a brain – affects about 3 pregnancies per every 10,000 in the United States. Small odds though it seems, Keri Young and her husband were unfortunate to ...

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An anencephalic girl in Brazil has survived for two weeks - against all odds and medical prognosis - and has sparked a new debate in the country about the legalization of abortion in such cases.

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