A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her 1-pound, 13-ounce baby by emergency cesarean section. The baby is in the neonatal intensive care unit.
The case has drawn national attention to Georgia’s six-week abortion ban and its impacts on pregnancy care.
Adriana Smith was put on life support at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta in February. The then-30-year-old Atlanta nurse was more than eight weeks pregnant and suffering dangerous complications.
Her condition deteriorated as doctors tried to save her life, Smith’s mother told Atlanta TV station WXIA.
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