Remembering Adriana Smith: A Georgia mother laid to rest after carrying baby while brain dead

Op-Ed: The Arc Of The Well Woman

Source: JLco – Julia Amaral / Getty Somewhere in rural Georgia, a young woman is looking down at two blue lines. She wants to be excited about becoming a mother, but times are hard. She already works long hours just to provide for herself. The nearest health clinic isn’t close. Between the cost of the service and time off work to go, the woman can’t attend regular check-ups during the pregnancy. Unfortunately, this isn’t rare—in Georgia, about 1…

At Adriana Smith’s Funeral, Democratic Lawmaker Calls Out ‘Restrictive Fetal Personhood Regimes’

Adriana Smith, the woman Georgia kept on life support after she was declared brain dead because she was nine weeks pregnant, was laid to rest on Saturday in Lithonia. Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, one of the strictest in the country, has few exceptions—and Smith’s story has placed a harsh spotlight on both the cruelty of state-level abortion bans and how their vague, confusing language makes them that much more difficult for health care worke…

Adriana Smith’s Story Joins a History of Ethically Flawed Medical Experimentation with African Americans

Brain-dead after suffering a fatal stroke and in the early weeks of her pregnancy, the doctors at Emory University Hospital finally turned off the machines after the emergency C-section delivery of her son, Chance, who weighed less than two pounds. Adriana Smith was kept on life support without the consent or input of her family. Four months after her death, she was finally laid to rest this past Friday after a funeral service at Fairfield Bapti…

Funeral held for Georgia mother kept on life support while pregnant

Adriana Smith, the Georgia woman who was declared brain-dead but kept alive for months until her baby could be born, has been laid to rest.

Funeral held for brain-dead pregnant woman kept alive under US abortion law

The 31-year-old had been put on ventilators for four months until her baby was delivered.

Blood Brothers #172: Abortion, assisted suicide, individualism and ‘cultural Christianity’

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the erudite British Christian philosopher, ethicist and medical doctor, Dr. Calum Miller. Topics of discussion include: Recent amendment of the Abortion Bill which decriminalises abortion up to the day of birth. Recent Assisted Dying Bill which passed through parliament with a majority. […]