Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban

Karla Perez Brain Dead Kept Alive on Life Support to Deliver Baby

Karla's wish to be an organ donor was fulfilled and she was able to donate her liver, kidneys and heart

Pregnant brain-dead woman kept on life support in US sparks outcry over abortion law

GEORGIA, May 17 — A 30-year-old pregnant woman in the southeastern US state of Georgia has been kept on life support for three months—despite being declared brain-dead—due to the state’s abortion restrictions, the woman’s mother says. April Newkirk said the decision to keep her daughter Adriana Smith alive was made without input from her family. “This decision should’ve been left to us,” she told local NBC broadcaster WXIA-TV. Newkirk said Smith…

A brain-dead woman's body is being kept 'alive' because of Georgia's anti-abortion law

Three months ago, Adriana Smith, a registered nurse at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital, started experiencing intense headaches. She sought treatment at Northside Hospital. Doctors released her after giving her medication. The next morning, she was...

Georgia Abortion Ban Forces Family to Keep Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman on Life Support

In Georgia, a pregnant woman who’s been declared brain dead has been kept on life support for three months, against the wishes of her distraught family, because of the state’s abortion ban. Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old mother and nurse, has been legally dead since February following a medical emergency. But doctors have kept her on breathing machines because her fetus, just 9 weeks old at the time of Smith’s medical emergency, was old enough to …

Case of brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support in US raises tricky questions

The case has given rise to complicated questions about abortion law and whether a fetus is a person.

The family of Adriana Smith, in a state of brain death and pregnant for about 5 months, complains of not having a say.