The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that anencephaly affects approximately three out of 10,000 pregnancies per year. This means that each year in the United States, the condition affects approximately 1,206 unborn babies. Often, a pregnancy involving a neural tube defect ends in miscarriage. Stillbirths account for many of the babies who are carried to term.

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