

Katie McHugh, an Indiana OB-GYN and abortion provider, told ABC News. The brain splitting into two hemispheres is a "critical stage in the development" and can impact the development of the nose, mouth and throat, Dr. And we have a daughter, I couldn't imagine my daughter ever having to go through this."Īt her 20-week ultrasound appointment, Beaton said her physician discovered the fetus had a rare, severe anomaly - called alobar holoprosencephaly - in which the fetus's brain does not develop into two hemispheres as it normally would, and the major structures of the brain remain fused in the middle. And it's not fair for her and other women.

She's the strongest person I know and she's just helpless right now.

"Right now, I'm just terrified for my wife. "I was really excited when we found that it was a boy, but that was short-lived," Seth Beaton told ABC News. Beaton has polycystic ovary syndrome, which can make it harder for women to get pregnant, so it was all the more joyful when she learned their efforts were successful. When he was finally released six months later, the couple started trying to have a baby right away, Beaton said. Seth had been hospitalized with COVID pneumonia in June 2021. Beaton, who has a 4-year-old daughter with her husband, Seth, said the couple had been actively trying to get pregnant when they conceived the unviable pregnancy.
