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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4667)	11/4/2000 12:21:08 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Cranium Bifida Here the bones of the skull fail to develop properly. The sac which forms is known as encephalocele. It may contain tissue and cerebro-spinal fluid only. However, in some cases, part of the brain may also be present in the sac resulting in brain damage. The most severe forms of cranium bifida are iniencephaly and anencephaly. Here, the brain does not develop properly or is absent, and the baby is either stillborn or dies shortly after birth. Most babies born with spina bifida also have hydrocephalus (from the Greek hydro = water, cephalie = brain). I see no reason to take a woman to term who has a baby with no brain. Some births are so awful- that the babies brain and eyes come out of the skull as it goes through the birth canal- because the skull is so malformed. I think any procedure that took care of that kind of horrible anomaly as early as possible, would be to the advantage of the mother. But of COURSE it should be her choice. There are thousands of horrible birth defects- some cause a lingering death that can take up to several months after birth- even though the child may be almost brain dead. You will find these birth defects easily on your own if you search for them.