A mum pregnant with conjoined and disfigured twins fears she'll have to give birth to lifeless babies as authorities in Brazil won't grant her an abortion.
Lunch cook Lorisete dos Santos, 37, and her family also fear her own life could be at risk after the traumatic and painful pregnancy.
Doctors have told her it's likely she'll be forced to give birth to "lifeless" infants in the ninth month - but that if they are alive, the medics don't know how they can treat them.