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Family says woman declared brain dead but her pregnancy continues under state law

ATLANTA — The family of a 30-year-old metro Atlanta mother and nurse said she was declared brain dead more than 90 days ago — but is still being kept alive because she’s pregnant. Adriana Smith, a ...
IFLScience

“We're Insisting That Brain Death Is Something That It Isn't” – How Do We Determine Death?

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...
Orlando Sentinel

Commentary: Post-mortem pregnancy is about brain death, not abortion

News outlets have been reporting the story of Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old pregnant woman diagnosed as brain dead in February 2025 when she was nine weeks pregnant. According to reports, Smith had ...
The New York Times

A Brain-Dead Woman Is Being Kept on Machines to Gestate a Fetus. It Was Inevitable.

Ms. Mutcherson is a professor at Rutgers Law School. Right now in an Atlanta hospital room lies a 30-year-old nurse and mother, Adriana Smith. Ms. Smith, who is brain-dead, has been connected to life ...
The New York Times

Donor Organs Are Too Rare. We Need a New Definition of Death.

Dr. Jauhar is a cardiologist at Northwell Health in New York, where Dr. Patel and Dr. Smith are the directors of the center for heart failure and transplant. People die in many ways, but in medicine ...