Opinion | A Brain-Dead Woman Is Being Kept on Machines to Gestate a Fetus. It Was Inevitable.
New York TimesMAY 27
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While this tragic case has nothing to do with Georgia's abortion law, the birth of this baby boy is a silver lining. Although they didn't have to, the hospital, potentially with the quiet support of Smith's family, allowed a new life to enter the world, offering a burst of hope after months of sadness.