Louisiana woman faces ‘horrifically cruel’ abortion choice over fetus missing skull

Nancy Davis, denied abortion in home state despite fetus being diagnosed with fatal skull condition, forced to travel for procedure

A pregnant Louisiana woman faced with either carrying a skull-less fetus to term - for the baby to likely die within hours - or traveling several states away to obtain an abortion has hired a prominent civil rights attorney as she weighs how to move forward.

Nancy Davis has retained lawyer Ben Crump as she becomes the latest to embody the gut-wrenching decisions some women are being forced to make after the US supreme court's decision in June to strip away nationwide abortion rights, according to a statement from the attorney's office.