A Georgia woman whose family said has been declared brain dead is being kept on life support because she is pregnant, and state law prohibits abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected at ...

The recently revealed story of a brain-dead pregnant woman who has been on life support since February has reignited the simmering legal and medical debate over Georgia’s strict abortion law.

Emory University Hospital in Atlanta informed Newkirk that due to Georgia state law, because Smith is brain dead and no longer considered at risk, her medical team is legally required to keep her ...

MACON, Ga. — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has ordered flags at all state buildings and grounds be flown at half staff on Thursday as they recognize law enforcement personnel who died in the line of ...

Monica Simpson, executive director of SisterSong, the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Georgia’s abortion law, said the situation is problematic. "Her family deserved the right to have ...

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr says state law does not require hospitals to keep brain-dead pregnant women on life support, countering public assumptions about the state’s abortion ...

A pregnant Atlanta nurse suffered severe headaches but was not properly diagnosed due to Georgia's LIFE Act ... typically around six weeks. The law only allows exceptions in cases of rape ...

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 ...