congenital anomaly

This pushes some pregnant people to give birth to babies with congenital anomalies and watch them die just after birth, when they may have elected for an abortion before to avoid such a traumatic experience.

The change became detectable three months after the June 2022 ruling with an elevated rate of infant mortality involving babies born with serious congenital anomalies, the researchers found.

Sometimes, there are cases where a patient finds out their fetus has a congenital anomaly that isn’t diagnosed until 18 or 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Air pollution also appeared to be linked to congenital anomalies.

The individuals presented with developmental delay, intellectual disability, dysmorphic features, and other congenital anomalies in multiple systems including heart and gastrointestinal issues.