Adriana Smith was declared brain dead on February 19, when she was two months pregnant, according to her mother’s fundraiser.

Under Georgia’s anti- abortion laws, the 30-year-old woman will have to remain on life support until the fetus can be delivered.

The pregnancy has now reached its fifth month, and the case has been of significant interest following the Supreme Court’s 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade.

Smith’s mother wrote that her family has been left with little control over the situation, and they are concerned that the baby will be born with disabilities or conditions that may threaten the i nfant’s survival.

“It should have been left up to the family,” April Newkirk, Smith’s mother, said to NBC affiliate WXIA-TV. “I’m not saying that we would have chosen to terminate her pr

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