On the recordJuly 21, 1999
Each year an estimated 2,500 babies are born in the United States with serious birth defects of the brain and spine, called neural tube defects.
Lucille Roybal-Allard: “Each year an estimated 2,500 babies are born in the United States with serious birth defects of the brain and spine…”
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Statistics on the impact of neural tube defects in the U.S.
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