anencephalic

Two weeks later, she was diagnosed with an anencephalic pregnancy, a fatal defect where a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull.

“And we got the really sad news that our baby was anencephalic.”

A second relevant set of cases involves anencephalic infants, or babies born with severely undeveloped brains.

Investigators mapped mothers’ addresses to assess whether they were on private or public water systems, then looked up available water-testing results for the months immediately preceding and following conception in cases of anencephalic births.

Any money left over will be donated to Anencephaly Hope, a support group that offers care packages to families with anencephalic babies.