ATLANTA – – The General Prosecutor of Georgia has published a clarification in response to the growing national controversy about Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman who was declared brain box in February, but continued to support life due to her pregnancy.
What we know:
In an explanation published by Carr's communication director, the general prosecutor's office said that nothing in the Life Act of Georgia-Schär as the fetal heartbeat law is increased in order to keep a brain-fat woman in life support. The office emphasized that “removing life conservation is not an action with the aim of ending pregnancy”.
Original history: Brainotic Georgia woman kept a living due to the State's Abortion Act
Despite the clarification, the legal and ethical questions about Smith's case continue to be outrage and political debate, both in Georgia and beyond. Smith, mother of a 7-year-old boy, was declared a brain dead after a sudden medical emergency after a sudden medical emergency. Her family says she is pregnant and in her first trimester at that time confused about how state laws apply in such a complex situation.
Demands answers and legislative measures
What you say:
The Senator Nabilah Islam Parkes sent Carr a formal letter to Carr, in which he complained whether the law of Georgia prescribed life support under these circumstances. She also wondered whether his office would support the persecution of a person who approved the distance from life.
On Monday there are three democratic legislators of the states – repeated. Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta), Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain) and Sandra Scott (D-Rex) gave a devastating conviction of the abortion law in Georgia in the light of Smith's case.
“This is not a healthcare. This is sanctioned cruelty,” said Rep. Schofield. “Adriana's family is forced to endure months emotional torture. Our state has made a woman an incubator against her will and her family deprived of the law. This is barbaric, and it has to end. Penalties as a reason for inaction, despite clear signs that a humane, patient -oriented care is blocked.”
“Regardless of whether you believe in abortion or not, critical decisions in the healthcare system in one life-saving diagnoses and treatment-between medical skilled workers, patients and their families are made,” said Rep. Davis. “Politicians have no place in the examination room. It never becomes the standard of care or the holy oath of doctors, nurses and members of the health professions. The law of Georgia has not only undermined the medical judgment – it has inflicted a trauma for a grieving family.”
“Georgia's law failed Adriana,” said Rep. Scott. “Your family failed. And others will continue to fail unless we act. This is not a debate about politics – it is a question of life, death and dignity.”
“This moment requires immediate action,” said the representatives Schofield, Davis and Scott together. “We are united in the fact that Adriana and her family earn it better. Georgia has to do it better.”
The representatives Schofield, Davis and Scott demand legislative measures to abolish the abortion law in Georgia, and prevent other families from having the challenges of the Adriana family.
The legal gray area
They deeper:
While many critics have pointed out to life in Georgia as the reason for life support, others argue that a less well-known Law-Georgia Code 31-32-9, part of the State Previous Directive for the Health Act-can be the more direct factor. This law limits doctors to withdraw the life preservation of a pregnant patient, unless the fetus is not viable and the patient had a written guideline that expressly requested such measures.
Emory Healthcare published an explanation with the inscription:
Emory Healthcare uses a consensus of clinical experts, medical literature and legal guidelines to support our providers, since they submit individual treatment recommendations in line with the Georgia's abortion laws and all other applicable laws. Our top priorities are still the security and well -being of the patients we serve. Due to the federal data protection regulations, we cannot comment on individual patient cases.
Political defenders answer
The other side:
The state Senator Ed Setzler, the Republican legislator, who sponsored Georgia's Abortion Act 2019, made Fox 5 Atlanta the following explanation:
“I am grateful that the hospital recognizes the full value of the small human life, which is now alive in this young mother. Mindfully and respectfully towards the deep pain of the family of this young mother, the wisdom of modern medical science to save the life of their unborn child. The part of the tragic, inevitable death of this young mother and allows at least one of the two people to be saved.”
Public reaction and cultural parallels
What you say:
Smith's case has awakened the attention of the media and the public outcry with comparisons with the history of the handmaid, the dystopian series, in which women are kept exclusively as the birth of the birth. In the third season, a brain-dead character of an authoritarian regime is kept on life-conservation-a eerie parallel, which some say, now reflects real politics.
Nevertheless, others find that many women, especially mothers, could choose life support if they believed that they could save their unborn child. However, Smith's family rejected interview requests after a first media appearance and made her personal wishes unclear.
What's next:
While Attorney General Carr has offered a certain clarity, some legislators in Georgia and others require legislative review. Public hearings, political debates and probably judicial challenges can follow, especially if further details of Smith's pregnancy, illness and treatment decisions come to light.
In the meantime, Adriana's family remains in the suspension – a daughter and sister while waiting for the result of pregnancy that she had no legal control. Smith's due date is still 3 months away.
A gofundme founded by Smith's mother describes the agony of the past three months and asks for prayers and support of the community during what the family should “endure a nightmare that nobody should endure”.
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