California leads push for vitamin to halt Latino birth defects

In this photo provided by Andrea Lopez, she cradles her son, Gabriel Crude, at a hospital Bakersfield, Calif., in 2011, where he was born with anencephaly, a rare and severe birth defect tied to a lack of folic acid, a key vitamin. (Courtesy Andrea Lopez via AP)

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