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As Adriana Smith stays on life support at Emory University, here's an update on her baby, the controversy, and the GoFundMe helping her family.

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.

Congressman Adrian Smith, who voted in favor of the new tax “big beautiful bill,” responded on Thursday afternoon to its passage.

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,

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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.

A Republican congressman is facing backlash after advocating for the end of the IRS Direct File program, stating it went against taxpayers' best interests.