Case of brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support in Georgia raises tricky questions
Case of brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support in Georgia raises tricky questions
AP - The Associated Press, Atlanta, GA; by Kate Brumback, Sudhin Thanawala and Geoff Mulvihill; 5/16/25
The case of a pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been kept on life support for three months has given rise to complicated questions about abortion law and whether a fetus is a person. Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse and mother, was about two months pregnant on Feb. 19 when she was declared brain dead, according to an online fundraising page started by her mother. Doctors said Georgia's strict anti-abortion law requires that she remain on life support until the fetus has developed enough to be delivered, her mother wrote.