A family has spoken out after their pregnant daughter was kept on life support despite being brain-dead due to abortion laws.
Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse and mother from Atlanta, was nine weeks pregnant when she began experiencing intense headaches in early February.
Seeking medical attention, she was reportedly sent home with just medication — no tests, no scans, and no diagnostic imaging procedures such.
As a CT scan or MRI, which are often critical in identifying early signs of neurological disorders and pregnancy complications.
“They gave her some medication, but they didn’t do any tests. No CT scan,” her mother, April Newkirk, told 11Alive. “If they had done that or kept her overnight, they would have caught it. It could have been prevented.”
The next morning, her boyfriend found her gasping for air and making gurgling noises in her sleep — signs, her family believes, of internal bleeding. Rushed to the hospital, a CT scan revealed multiple blood clots in her brain.
