Controversy Grows over Case of Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman Kept on Life Support

Controversy grows over case of brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support

Controversy is growing in Georgia over the case of a woman declared brain dead who is being kept on life support because she is pregnant. Hospital officials say it's because of Georgia's abortion law.

Pregnancy, Brain Death, and the Right to Choose: Lessons from the Adriana Smith Case : The Hastings Center for Bioethics

Brain death during pregnancy presents complex ethical and legal questions regarding whether––and under what circumstances–any fetal interests or rights take precedence over those of a pregnant person. Here, we discuss the case of Adriana Smith and what it reveals about exceptions to advance care plans and the broader implications of policies that limit the autonomy of persons who are pregnant. In February, physicians determined that Adriana Smit…

Georgia: Brain-Dead Woman Kept on Life Support Because She Was 9 Weeks Pregnant

Several days ago, I posted this horrible story about a young woman in Georgia who is on life support. She is brain dead. Because she was nine weeks pregnant when her brain died, Georgia law requires that she be kept in a vegetative state until the fetus can be delivered at 36 weeks. The political cartoonist Ann Telnaes posted this visual commentary on her Substack blog: “The decision should have been left to us- not the state”, says her family T…