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Although some are saying that there is no argument for if a woman's life is in danger, this law did not make allowances for this possibility.
As for the second scenario I posed, I probably wasn't clear that they thought that if they did a c-section, they didn't think this girl's uterus would ever develop properly. This was also in 1989, when babies weren't surviving at 23 weeks. I did an internship in a NICU in 1987 and was told then that survival wasn't possible until 28 weeks or so. Medical technology has advanced a lot since then.
The hydrocephaly website I posted above says that they only take out the fluid, not the brain, if that makes a difference to anybody.
This is some information from a website that details fetal development. This section is the 23 week description.
If your baby were to be born now, she would still have a good chance of survival (about 85 percent) with the right care. Advances in science and technology now mean that a 24-week-old baby can grow outside the womb if necessary, although about 50 percent of children in this situation will have some severe and permanent damage.
Dee
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