A difficult decision for the mother:

In the 2002 collision, Williams was a passenger in her sister’s car heading eastbound on Montrose. Manchester, 52, was heading westbound when he turned left in front of them, causing a near head-on collision.

Williams, 32, and in the first trimester of her pregnancy, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital. The fetus was not injured in the collision.

Dr. James Keller, an obstetrician and gynecologist, testified in a deposition that Williams had three options: terminate the pregnancy right away and undergo surgery to repair her pelvis; delay the surgery until the second trimester to reduce the risk of drug and radiation exposure to the fetus or have surgery immediately without ending the pregnancy.

But Keller said the last two options could have led to problems for the fetus. Also, if Williams had waited, doctors would have had to rebreak her bones and they would have healed improperly.

(via Overlawyered)