Son of Ga. Woman Who Gave Birth While Brain Dead Is 'Making a Bit of Progress'

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Adriana Smith, who was declared brain dead in February, gave birth via emergency c-section in June to a baby boy called Chance after nearly four months on life support

Smith was kept alive due to Georgia’s strict ban on abortion

Her mother, April Newkirk, has given an update on Chance, who weighed 1 lb., 13 oz. when he was born, in a new interview

The son of a Georgia woman who gave birth nearly four months after she was declared brain dead while pregnant is still fighting for his life, the family has said.

Adriana Smith — a registered nurse from Atlanta — was declared brain dead in February after suffering multiple blood clots in her brain, PEOPLE previously reported.

According to local TV station 11Alive , Smith was around eight weeks pregnant at the time, and was