Baby of brain dead woman finally delivered weighing less than 2 pounds

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It’s evil what was done to that poor woman. At one point she was literally rotting just so she could incubate the fetus that little bit longer. He’s finally been born, and he’s so small. They are confident he will make it, but I think they HAVE to say that to justify what they did.

Least she can rest in peace now

Let’s hope the baby is okay but I fear he will numerous health issues in the future - will this affect his ability to get health insurance? Who pays for the treatment? The family could well end up destitute with no support due to a law the government made. This baby should have free healthcare for life, the government forced him into this world so they need to support him.

Aside from all the horror, the thoight of paying for health care that noone wanted is ludicrous.

The family have been told they will be responsible for the medical costs to the mother and the child. I saw one of them in an interview on TikTok. They wanted to turn off the life support when she was declared brain dead but the hospital refused as the fetus had a heart beat.

How do you even explain to a child or how do you process as an adult that your mother was dead for 4 months before you were born?

Interestingly Georgia's governor had confirmed that they were not required to keep her alive. So why did they?

It isn't clear that 'no-one wanted it' - quotes from the dead woman's mother have been along the lines of "I don't know what our choice would have been, but we would have wanted the choice" - rather than doctors deciding that the life support had to be maintained for fear of breaching Georgia's abortion laws and the family not making the choice.

X-post with @FlangelinaJolie - was it the husband/partner on TikTok? As I have only seen the woman's mother quoted in the media.

How many millions will they charge the family for this abomination?

Reading some of the comments on the threads about the recent decriminalisation of the abortion laws, doesn’t fill me with hope the we really do have a different stance unfortunately. There’s a lot of forced birthers on MN and they are quite vocal about it.

Not to forgot deprived of oxgyen and born very early so likely to have life long medical issues in a country without universal medical care and few benefits.

Agree that many people disagree with abortion, but there is absolutely no sign that legal rights to it are creeping backwards (indeed, moving to be more permissive with the recent MP vote)

This is just sick.
That poor woman. What a total disregard for her dignity and her family's wishes.
And I would be prepared to bet money that the baby won't be skipping into school at age 5, learning to swim, acting his exams, going to college, learning to drive, having a girlfriend and raising kids of his own. If he does, it would be a miracle.

It looks like the case didn't come to public attention immediately and that the opinion from the governor was issued in May when the baby was at about 22 weeks.

Also - I don't know enough about the US legal system to know if an opinion from the governor is of sufficient standing to prevent forced-birth groups suing the hospital.

Would you really saddle others with the financial debt the medical care in the US will cost his mother's family for both their care? Or have the hospital decided not to charge the vast sums of money due in this situation?

Further to my post above:

While Georgia’s Attorney General has stated that nothing in the LIFE Act explicitly mandates keeping a brain-dead patient on life support, the lack of a formal legal opinion or prosecutorial guidance leaves families and doctors in limbo.

From: https://pressley.house.gov/2025/06/17/rep-ayanna-pressleys-statement-on-adriana-smith/

It looks like there is a GoFundMe, presumably for the medical bills. c$210k raised so far.

Exactly this, I find it utterly repulsive.

Unfortunately, that’s not enough to pay for several months of life support for the mother, then NICU for the baby.

Sure - but dunno if the hospital is discounting.

No baby should be gestated in the quiet and static womb of a rotting mother.

Somebody said he wasn't delivered by c-section he was removed during an autopsy.
Which sounds dramatic but is quite true in a way

Because this isn't Christianity. It's something else. The same goes for those patients forced to remain alive on life support for months. Sometimes people aren't meant to survive, as sad as that is.

Blessed be the fruit…..

This is untrue - the announcements make clear the delivery was Friday and the life support was turned off yesterday.

ETA - my response was to your unedited post.

ive not long had a baby. If something had happened to me in pregnancy I absolutely would have wanted them to do anything to save her no matter what the expense to me.