Brain-dead Woman Must Carry Fetus To Birth

ATLANTA (AP) — A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman’s body functioning because she is pregnant. Her family says it should have the option to stop the life-support devices but that they’ve been told state law removes that choice. Georgia bars abortion in most cases after cardiac activity can be detected, which is usually around six weeks into pregnancy. One expert says whether states can force measures to preserve the life of a fetus are murky in the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door to state abortion bans.