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Brain-Dead Georgia Woman Taken Off Life Support After Baby Was Delivered

HeadlineJun 18, 2025

In Georgia, a woman who was declared brain dead nearly four months ago has given birth to a baby boy via emergency C-section. Doctors had kept the mother, Adriana Smith, on life support against the wishes of her distraught family. Her body was kept on life support due to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Adriana Smith’s mother has described the monthslong ordeal as torture. Adriana was scheduled to be taken off life support on Tuesday.

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