Overview

• Smith’s funeral service on June 28 at Fairfield Baptist Church in Lithonia drew family, friends, community members and nursing peers.
• The Atlanta Metropolitan Nursing Honor Guard recited the final call of duty as mourners carried white roses in tribute to the registered nurse.
• Her son Chance, delivered via emergency C-section on June 13 at about 1 pound 13 ounces, remains in the neonatal intensive care unit and is expected to recover.
• Georgia’s LIFE Act, which bans abortion after cardiac activity around six weeks and grants fetal personhood rights, had required somatic support for Smith after her brain death until her son could be delivered.
• Critics and Democratic lawmakers have renewed efforts to enact “Adriana’s Law” to clarify end-of-life medical consent and reinforce patient autonomy under restrictive abortion regulations.