Adriana Smith was nine weeks pregnant when her family says she suffered brain clots.

Adriana Smith’s case has drawn national attention and comparisons to The Handmaid’s Tale after she was declared brain-dead in February but remains on life support due to her early-stage pregnancy.

Nurse and mother Adriana Smith is brain dead, but because she's pregnant, doctors in Georgia are keeping her on life support. (Video: Amber Ferguson/The Washington Post) Smith first sought ...

A 30-year-old woman was found unresponsive after days of complaining about headaches. She’s rushed to the nearest hospital, where she is pronounced brain-dead. Her grieving family — including her mother and 7-year-old-son — are weighing their options when hospital officials tell them they do not have any options.

It’s true that Georgia lawmakers probably weren’t thinking of women like Adriana Smith when they passed their abortion ban. Smith, a nurse and mother, was pregnant with her second child when she began experiencing severe headaches.

In February, Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old Georgia nurse and mother, was nine weeks pregnant when she was taken to Emory University Hospital with severe head pains. A CT scan showed blood clots in her brain,

The family of Atlanta mum Adriana Smith have slammed the strict 'heartbeat law' which is keeping their brain dead daughter alive because she is pregnant. The young mum was nine weeks pregnant when she began to suffer from headaches and later fell ill.