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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Brain-dead Georgia woman put on life support for 3 months to carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban against her family’s wishes

A Georgia woman was taken to Emory University Hospital after suffering blood clots during her pregnancy - (Getty Images)

A brain-dead Georgia woman has reportedly been on life support for three months to carry a fetus to birth because of the state’s abortion ban.

Adriana Smith is a registered nurse at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. She was roughly nine weeks pregnant when she began having headaches in February. Smith, 30, went to Northside Hospital and was released after being handed some medication, her mother, April Newkirk, said, according to WXIA and CNN Newsource.

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