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Adriana Smith, the mother of Atlanta, which was declared by Georgia's anti-abdominal law for brain dead but was medically alive, was put to rest.
Smith, who turned 31 during life support, suffered a catastrophic stroke in February and was explained at eight weeks pregnant, but her family had no choice but to keep them alive until the doctors delivered their son with an emergency caesarean section.
The case has become a lightning section for the effects of abortion banks at the state level in medical emergencies and has asked questions about fetal personality.
The “vague” language of Georgia's Life Act, which does not clearly appeal to cases of brain death, left Smith's family, according to the supporters of lawyers for legal and medical complications for navigation during a devastating time.
At Smith's funeral on Saturday at Fairfield Baptist Church in Lithonia, outside of Atlanta, the relatives spoke to the difficulty of the death of the nurse and swore that their voice is “heard”, reports 11alive.
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The mother of two, who was 31 years old during the life support, suffered a catastrophic stroke in February and was explained in eight weeks pregnant, but her family had no choice but to keep them alive until the doctors delivered their son through emergency section. (Gofundme)
“Adriana's life was important and we will make sure that … from this house to State House to Washington, DC that Adriana's voice will be heard,” said Evangelist Triana Arnold James, according to the community.
The democratic rep. Park Cannon also gathered as a “Adriana's law”, of which she said that they would “confirm that individuals keep the authority about their bodies and medical decisions, even under restrictive personality regulates fetal personality.”
“We believe that physical autonomy in Georgia should be confirmed by leaving Adriana's law,” said Cannon.
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The democratic rep. Park Cannon gathered behind the enactment of Adriana's law, which she said, “claim that individuals keep the authority about their bodies and medical decisions even under restrictive personal regimes of the fetal personality”. (Reuters)
Smith's younger sister Naya spoke about the service where she praised the “love, friendliness and wisdom of her sibling”.
In a moving homage at the end of the service, the honorary guard of Atlanta Metropolitan was officially facilitating Nursing Smith Smith as a nurse and recited the “final reputation” in her honor, 11Alive reported.
Smith's chance was born prematurely in the early this month and weighed about £ 1 13.
It is still in an intensive care unit for newborns. Smith has another 7-year-old son.
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Smith's friends and family gathered on June 15 to celebrate Smith's 31st birthday (picture). At the funeral of the nurse in the Fairfield Baptist Church in Lithonia, their loved ones swore that their voice will be “heard” (Reuters)
Smith's mother, April Newkirk, said that the doctors informed the anti-abdominal law of Georgia that her daughter remained life preservation until the fetus could survive outside of the womb.
The law belonged to a wave of anti-abdominal measures that were issued in Republican states after the Supreme Court revoked a constitutional right to abortion care by filling the Landmark Roe V Wing judgment in 2022.
Georgia's law limits abortion as soon as heart activity is determined, or in about six weeks of pregnancy before most women know that they are pregnant. The law also gives a fetus personal rights and effectively provides the same full rights and the same legal protection as a person.
“I don't say that we decided to end their pregnancy. But I say we should have a choice,” Newkirk told 11alive in an earlier interview.
Newkirk felt the same thing after the birth.
“I think all women should have the choice of their bodies,” she said. “And I think I want people to know that.”
Smith's love gathered on June 15 to mark her 31st birthday and celebrate her life. Your life support machine was switched off a few days later.
