Baby of Adriana Smith, a mother declared brain-dead, was delivered
The case of Adriana Smith, a Georgia woman who has been on life support since February, made national headlines.
A brain-dead Georgia woman who was kept on life support for months so her unborn child can be delivered — sparking a national debate about the state’s abortion laws — had a child by emergency Caesarean section on Friday.
Adriana Smith’s baby, Chance, was born prematurely and is currently in the neonatal intensive care unit, according to the woman’s mother, April Newkirk.
“He’s expected to be OK. He’s just fighting,” Newkirk told Atlanta NBC affiliate 11Alive. “We just want prayers for him. Just keep praying for him. He’s here now.”
Smith will be taken off of life support on Tuesday, her mother told the outlet.
In February, Smith was taken to two hospitals after experiencing extreme headaches. She was given medication but was not tested, her family said. She was found unresponsive days later — the medical emergency was due to blood clots in her brain.
Emory Hospital Midtown has not offered any details on Smith’s ordeal, other than to say they took into account “Georgia’s abortion laws and all other applicable laws.”
The Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act prevents doctors from ending a pregnancy after about six weeks — a law that came into effect following the end of Roe v. Wade. It is one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the United States.
I’m a native Atlantan and a Black woman and this bothers me in a way I almost cannot describe.
Not only do these Right Wing nuts not give a damn about a brain-dead Black mother and the child in her womb, but they used this young woman as an incubator just to prove a point.
Before 1973 actress Debbie Reynolds had to carry around a dead baby in her womb because there were no legal abortions then. For those who don’t understand, please know that a dead body is actually toxic. Finally around the 7th or 8th month, doctors finally aborted Reynolds dead baby.
This is the shit women go through.
My goodness, now who takes care of the baby!? This is traumatizing for so many people involved