A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is pregnant.

By JEFF AMY, GEOFF MULVIHILL and SUDIN THANAWALA. Updated 4:19 PM EDT, May 15, 2025

ATLANTA (AP) — A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain-dead after a medical emergency and doctors have kept her on life support for three months so far to allow enough time for the baby to be born and comply with Georgia’s strict anti-abortion law, family members say.

  • 𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.ml
    111·
    2 days ago

    It’s hard to even realise that this is real. I mean… is it real?

    That’s something i think not even the most deranged dystopian writer would have imagined.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      1 day ago

      That’s something i think not even the most deranged dystopian writer would have imagined.

      This is literally one of the scenes from the hand maids tale according to my wife.