U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams announced a resolution Tuesday that cites the controversial case of Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old metro Atlanta nurse who was kept on artificial life support against the wishes of her family because she was pregnant.
Smith was declared brain dead in February after suffering from a medical emergency. However, due to the young mother being nine weeks pregnant, doctors at Emory Hospital decided to keep her alive, citing Georgia legislation that forbids abortion after roughly six weeks of the fetus being developed.
Known as the LIFE Act, the law was narrowly passed and signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019. Three years later, in 2022, the law took effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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