Overview

• Adriana Smith was declared brain dead in February and remained on life support until surgeons delivered her baby, Chance, via C-section at 27 weeks on June 13.
• Chance, who weighed 538 grams at birth, is in critical but stable condition in Emory University Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.
• Smith’s family was not consulted on the decision to maintain life support under the state’s LIFE Act, which bans abortion after fetal cardiac activity is recorded.
• Georgia Attorney General’s office later stated that removing life support does not constitute terminating a pregnancy and is not required by state law.
• The family has raised nearly $440,000 for medical expenses and will livestream Smith’s funeral on June 28.