ATLANTA, GA — Reporting has confirmed that Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old mom and registered nurse in Atlanta, has been pronounced brain dead for more than 90 days, but her family has been forced to keep her on life support due to Georgia’s extreme six-week abortion ban. Adriana’s mother has described the experience as “torture.” Following the overturning of Roe in 2022, doctors are required to maintain life support until the fetus can be delivered as a result of the six-week ban Republicans implemented in the state.
Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement:
“Because of Georgia’s cruel abortion ban, Adriana Smith’s family is living through a nightmare. Families deserve the freedom to make their own decisions about their loved ones, and prolonging their suffering isn’t just horrible policy; it’s inhumane. Anti-abortion politicians, including Donald Trump and Governor Kemp, need to be held accountable.”
Reproductive Freedom for All Director of Georgia Campaigns, Alicia Stallworth, released the following statement:
“The loss of Adriana Smith is a devastating tragedy. But what makes it even more unconscionable is that her family has been denied the space and dignity to grieve. Instead of being allowed to say goodbye, they are being forced to endure an agonizing limbo because of the state’s extreme abortion ban. This is not care. This is not justice. It is a cruelty rooted in a system that refuses to see Black women as fully human, even in death. As we continue to witness—again and again—abortion bans are taking dignity, agency, and peace away from Black women and their families. This is why we continue to uplift Candi Miller and Amber Nicole Thurman. And this is why we continue to fight.”
Below are bills Georgia lawmakers failed to hear, let alone pass in the 2025 legislative session, that support pregnant people and protect public health:
- The 2025 Reproductive Freedom Act (HB 598/SB 246) — Would enshrine Georgians’ rights to make our own reproductive decisions free from government interference, expand real access to abortion care, and repeal the medically unnecessary restrictions that harm us.
- The Pregnancy Center Fraud Prevention Act (HB 488/SB 196) – Would stop anti-abortion centers from falsely advertising themselves as full-service clinics that offer abortion or prenatal care. People deserve honest, accurate information when making decisions about their health.
- The End Public Funding of Misinformation Act (HB 489/SB 197) – Would end the $2 million in public funding Georgia gives each year to fake anti-abortion clinics that offer little to no legitimate medical care.
- The Fund Healthy Pregnancy and Parenting Resolution (HR 274/SR 207) – Would urge Georgia to reinvest the $2 million going to fake clinics into the Georgia Home Visiting Program, a proven, evidence-based initiative that helps reduce maternal and infant mortality through in-home support.
- These are the kinds of laws we need legislators to prioritize in Georgia. Laws that respect people’s decisions, restore the right to abortion, support healthy pregnancies, and ensure public dollars go toward real health care—not misinformation and shame.
