A brain dead Georgia woman who was kept alive via life support because she was pregnant has now given birth via C-section.
Atlanta nurse Adriana Smith, 30, was declared brain dead in February, when she was eight weeks pregnant, but due to the state's strict anti-abortion laws her medical team kept her artificially alive in an effort to save the fetus.
Smith's mother April Newkirk said the baby, a little boy, arrived prematurely on Friday, June 13 by emergency Cesarean section. He weighs about one pound and 13 ounces, and is in the NICU.
They decided to name him Chance.
Newkirk said the name Chance seemed fitting 'because I feel like he had a second chance at life.'
