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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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[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

And this is all free as well, right? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Terrible all around. Everything for the dollar. Soon it will be taboo to grieve. Just get back to work.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I would argue we are already there

[–] DisOne@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Good point. This beggars belief. Because of your rhetorical question, I read to the end - and there it was in the final paragraph. I’m from a country with universal healthcare, so this angle hadn’t occurred to me. Horrendous and cruel

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

How do you suppose a patient in such a state would affect the neonatal development?

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

100%. Baby might survive, but in what mental and physical state? Better to end them both and use God as an excuse. "The good lord took them, it was time". How can they argue?

[–] 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

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Well . . . yeah. It’s evil insanity and it’s directly affecting women and their health.

What part are people not grasping?

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

She's literally being used as an incubator just as they wanted.

That poor family.