US EditionA Brain-Dead Woman’s Pregnancy Raises Questions About Georgia’s Abortion Law
- Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old brain-dead pregnant woman in Georgia, has been kept on life support since February due to the state's abortion laws.
- Georgia's 2019 LIFE Act, effective since 2022 and signed by Governor Brian Kemp, bans abortions after six weeks and defines fetuses as natural persons, creating legal complexities in Smith's case.
- Smith was initially treated for severe headaches and blood clots but was declared brain-dead, and her family says they lack choice due to the abortion ban's unclear provisions and fetal personhood laws.
- Monica Simpson of SisterSong highlighted that the abortion ban leads to confusion among healthcare providers, while Smith's mother expressed deep concerns about her unborn child's health and future abilities, underscoring the complex medical and ethical issues involved.
- Smith's case highlights tensions in Georgia's abortion restrictions and fetal personhood laws, suggesting future legal and ethical debates possibly reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.
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When Doctors Fear The Law: The Case Of A Brain Dead Mother Kept Alive By Machines
Groups that promote access to abortion and medical services for Black women said Thursday that uncertainty about Georgia’s abortion restrictions were to blame for the decision to keep a brain dead, pregnant mother on life support. Georgia’s so-called “heartbeat” law bans abortion once cardiac activity is detected in a fetus, typically six weeks into pregnancy. […] The post When Doctors Fear the Law: The Case of a Brain Dead Mother Kept Alive By …
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capitol-beat.orgAbortion rights advocates blame confusion around Georgia law for plight of brain-dead pregnant woman
ATLANTA — Groups that promote access to abortion and medical services for Black women said Thursday that uncertainty about Georgia's abortion restrictions were to blame for the decision to keep a brain dead, pregnant woman on life support.
Brain-Dead Adriana Kept Alive Due to Abortion Law
Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse and mother from Atlanta, Georgia in the United States, was declared brain dead when she was 9 weeks pregnant. Although she is legally dead, the hospital is keeping her alive with the help of machines, citing Georgia's abortion laws.
Georgia AG: LIFE Act doesn’t require keeping pregnant brain-dead woman alive
Gold dome of the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. / Credit: Rob Hainer/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 21, 2025 / 17:33 pm (CNA). In response to national outcry over the case of Adriana Smith, a brain-dead pregnant woman on life support, the Georgia attorney general’s office released a statement clarifying that the state’s heartbeat law, which prohibits abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat, does not require Smith be kept alive.“There is nothing…
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