29 h. ago Brain dead woman's 2lb baby faces 'tough start' as doctors prepare to switch off mum's life support

A brain dead woman's life support is due to be turned off today after she was kept alive at a hospital to deliver her premature baby under strict abortion laws in the US

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33 h. ago Brain dead woman on life support gives birth to one pound baby after emergency surgery

Adriana Smith, 31, was declared brain dead while pregnant in the US state of Georgia, and gave birth to a little boy named Chance, who weighed one pound and 13 ounces, via emergency caesarean

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43 h. ago Brain dead Georgia woman forced to stay on life support because she was pregnant gives birth to baby boy with a heartbreaking name

Atlanta nurse Adriana Smith, 30, was declared brain dead in February, when she was eight weeks pregnant.

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44 h. ago Tiny baby 'fighting for life' after brain dead woman on life support gives birth

Adriana Smith's son, Chance, was born via emergency caesarean and weighing one pound and 13 ounces early on Friday morning.

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3 w. ago Pregnant 'corpse' expecting a baby while 'decomposing' but doctors won't let her die

A pregnant woman was declared brain-dead – but instead of being laid to rest, she has been artificially kept alive as her family battles with the so-called 'torture'

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3 w. ago Dear America: women’s bodies are not state property | Tayo Bero

Adriana Smith, declared braindead in February, is being kept alive because she’s pregnant. Where was the concern for her life while she was here?A Black pregnant woman who was declared brain dead back in February is still being kept alive on a ventilator, because of a Georgia law that prohibits abortions beyond six weeks. If this sounds like the stuff of speculative fiction, it’s because there’s literally a Handmaid’s Tale episode about this. And while the TV show based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 book may have gotten many things right about the soul of authoritarianism and a violently patriarchal society, living that reality is even more sickening.Anyone who thinks this is about the life of Adriana Smith’s child is fooling themselves. This is the state, boundary testing to see how far they can take their efforts to have full reproductive control over American women, and gauging how much the American public is willing to tolerate.Tayo Bero is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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last month Fetus of brain dead Georgia woman kept alive due to abortion ban is growing, says family

Hospital plans to keep Adriana Smith on life support until August, when doctors will deliver baby via C-sectionThe fetus of a brain dead Georgia woman who is being kept alive to carry out her pregnancy is continuing to grow, the woman’s mother said late Monday, days after the controversial case exploded into the national news and sparked questions about the ethics of using the state’s anti-abortion law to keep a woman with no chance of recovery on life support.“He has his toes, arms, limbs – everything is forming,” the mother, April Newkirk, told the local news station 11Alive. “We’re just hoping he makes it.” Continue reading...

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