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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Erin Keller

Brain-dead mom forced to be kept alive because of Georgia’s anti-abortion laws gives birth via C-section

Adriana Smith, a brain-dead Atlanta woman kept alive under Georgia anti-abortion laws, gave birth on June 13 and will be taken off life support Tuesday, her family said.

Smith’s mother, April Newkirk, tells 11Alive that Chance, a baby boy, was born prematurely last week by emergency cesarean section. The infant weighs about 1 pound 13 ounces and is in the NICU.

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