Overview

• She was taken off life support on June 17, four days after her son Chance was delivered at 26 weeks.
• Chance, who weighed 1 pound 13 ounces at birth, is now stable and receiving care in Emory University Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.
• Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has clarified that the LIFE Act does not require continued life support for brain-dead pregnant women.
• Smith’s family contends that earlier medical testing, including a CT scan, was denied and might have prevented her brain death.
• The case has spurred debate among bioethicists, lawmakers and advocacy groups over abortion law enforcement and family rights in end-of-life decisions.