Georgia brain-dead mom kept alive under abortion law gives birth via C-section
www.independent.co.uk
Adriana Smith, a 31-year-old brain-dead Atlanta woman, gave birth on June 13 and will be removed from life support on Tuesday under Georgia abortion laws, her family says.

Smith’s mother, April Newkirk, tells 11Alive that Chance, a baby boy, was born prematurely last week by emergency cesarean section. The infant weighs about 1 pound 13 ounces and is in the NICU.

Smith has been kept medically alive since February 19, when she was declared brain dead at eight weeks pregnant due to blood clots in her brain. Her family says doctors kept her on life support due to Georgia’s abortion law, the LIFE Act, which doesn’t clearly address cases of brain death, but causes confusion in medical environments. News of her condition made national headlines as she was kept on life-support while pregnant, and her family railed against the decision.

“I’m not saying we would have chosen to terminate her pregnancy. But I’m saying we should have had a choice,” she told 11Alive in a previous interview.

    • SaneMartigan@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I think their point was “no regular abortions” and they simply didn’t think or consider any other possibility where they’d be wrong with that statement. Like a someone damming a river because they want the water and not considering the people down stream, they’re not against the people downstream, they simply don’t care.