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Georgia mother says she is being forced to keep brain-dead pregnant daughter alive under abortion ban law (www.nbcnews.com)

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“It’s torture for me,” April Newkirk said. “I see my daughter breathing, but she’s not there.”

A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain-dead is being kept alive by ventilators because of the state’s law banning abortions, the woman’s mother says, telling local news that the family has no say in the matter.

April Newkirk said her 30-year-old daughter, Adriana Smith, began experiencing intense headaches in early February. Smith was nine weeks pregnant at the time with her second child, NBC affiliate WXIA-TV of Atlanta reported.

Smith sought treatment at Northside Hospital but was released and given medication, Newkirk told the station. Newkirk said the hospital did not run any tests or scans.

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This sounds like a story from some religious militant regime in the middle east, yet it's supposed to be from a first world country. Well, to be honest, I think even the countries in the middle east know better.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Most of the western world knows that America has been a 3rd world country for decades comparatively. But hey, at least we're #1 in confidence! At least we were, I can't imagine we are anymore lol