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Brain-Dead Georgia Nurse Delivers Premature Son Ahead of Life Support Withdrawal

She will be taken off life support on June 17 following a premature C-section required by Georgia’s law banning abortions after cardiac activity is detected.

Smith’s mother said her daughter had to stay on life support until she gave birth because of Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, which has narrow exceptions for rape, incest or the life or health of the pregnant person.
Adriana Smith, 31, developed a severe headache in February at nine weeks pregnant. It was a sign of blood clots in her brain.
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Overview

  • Adriana Smith was declared brain dead in February after suffering multiple blood clots while eight weeks pregnant.
  • Under Georgia’s 2019 LIFE Act, doctors at Emory University Hospital maintained her on ventilators until the fetus reached viability.
  • On June 13, physicians performed an emergency C-section and delivered a son named Chance who weighed 1 pound 13 ounces and remains in the neonatal ICU expected to survive.
  • Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has said the LIFE Act does not explicitly require life support for brain-dead patients, underscoring legal ambiguities.
  • Smith’s family voiced regret over losing decision-making power and has raised over $145,400 on GoFundMe to cover medical bills and care for her children.