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Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban (apnews.com)

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By JEFF AMY, GEOFF MULVIHILL and SUDIN THANAWALA. Updated 4:19 PM EDT, May 15, 2025

ATLANTA (AP) — 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 with Georgia’s strict anti-abortion law, family members say.

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[–] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s hard to even realise that this is real. I mean... is it real?

That’s something i think not even the most deranged dystopian writer would have imagined.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s something i think not even the most deranged dystopian writer would have imagined.

This is literally one of the scenes from the hand maids tale according to my wife.

[–] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I gotta read that, maybe my mind was too uncultured to estimate the creativity of some people.