Georgia abortion law questioned
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In February, Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old Georgia nurse and mother, was nine weeks pregnant when she was taken to Emory University Hospital with severe head pains. A CT scan showed blood clots in her brain,
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Refinery29 on MSNAdriana Smith’s Case Isn’t Fiction — It’s Forced Pregnancy In Real TimeA 30-year-old woman was found unresponsive after days of complaining about headaches. She’s rushed to the nearest hospital, where she is pronounced brain-dead. Her grieving family — including her mother and 7-year-old-son — are weighing their options when hospital officials tell them they do not have any options.
It’s true that Georgia lawmakers probably weren’t thinking of women like Adriana Smith when they passed their abortion ban. Smith, a nurse and mother, was pregnant with her second child when she began experiencing severe headaches.
Adriana Smith was nine weeks pregnant when her family says she suffered brain clots.
The family of Atlanta mum Adriana Smith have slammed the strict 'heartbeat law' which is keeping their brain dead daughter alive because she is pregnant. The young mum was nine weeks pregnant when she began to suffer from headaches and later fell ill.
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A brain-dead woman is being kept alive artificially in Georgia to preserve her pregnancy all because the law in this state mandates it.
Emory Healthcare determined that, per Georgia state law forbidding abortions once a child has a heartbeat, it must keep Smith on life support until her baby son is born.