Georgia attorney general: LIFE Act doesn’t require keeping pregnant brain-dead woman alive

Gold dome of the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. / Credit: Rob Hainer/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 21, 2025 / 17:33 pm (CNA). In response to national outcry over the case of Adriana Smith, a brain-dead pregnant woman on life support, the Georgia attorney general’s office released a statement clarifying that the state’s heartbeat law, which prohibits abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat, does not require Smith be kept alive.“There is nothing in the LIFE act that requires medical professionals to…