美國喬治亞州一名30歲懷孕婦女在遭遇多重腦血栓後被宣告腦死亡。然而,由於當地墮胎限制嚴格,院方決定將這名已「法律上死亡」的女子生命延續至胎兒能夠存活的時刻。
美30歲孕婦因多重腦血栓被宣告腦死亡
據外媒報導,這名來自喬治亞州的30歲孕婦艾德里安娜(Adriana Smith),於2025年2月因多重腦血栓被宣告腦死亡。儘管如此,當地醫院仍依據州法律將她維持在生命延續狀態,直至胎兒可存活為止。
Remember the episode in the Handmaid's Tale, where a brain dead, black handmaid is kept on life support long enough to give birth?
— Darth Dog Mom | BuccaNole 🏴☠️🍢 (@DarthandDogs) May 16, 2025
This is happening in Atlanta, GA right now. Her name is Adriana Smith. She was only 9wks when the state kidnapped her body from her family. pic.twitter.com/FyKxwV9Oe6
喬治亞州心跳法案規定:胎兒心跳可被偵測就不得人工流產
艾德里安娜在今年2月出現劇烈頭痛,就醫後僅被開立止痛藥回家休養。隔日她竟陷入昏迷,送醫後被診斷為腦部多重血栓,最終腦部完全無反應,被確認腦死亡。當時她懷孕僅9週。根據喬治亞州於2019年通過的「心跳法案」,一旦胎兒心跳可被偵測,就不得進行人工流產。因此,醫院選擇依照法律維持她的生命跡象。
Adriana Smith has been brain dead for over 90 days, but Georgia law requires doctors to keep her body alive because she’s pregnant. Her family says they’ve been stripped of medical decision-making and want people to understand the human toll of laws that ignore grief, choice, and… pic.twitter.com/TkxuiZtowI
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 15, 2025
艾德里安娜的母親艾普莉爾(April Newkirk)表示,這段時間對她相當折磨。她強調,醫院未考慮到艾德里安娜生前的意願,也未充分告知家屬胎兒可能的健康風險。目前胎兒已達21週,醫生預計需再維持11週,直至32週才可能具備在子宮外存活的條件。
未對腦死亡情況提供指引
專家指出,喬治亞州的「心跳法案」並未明確規範腦死亡孕婦的處置,造成醫療界與法律界的混淆。雖然該法案允許在母親生命危險時進行墮胎,但未對腦死亡情況提供指引,導致醫院在法律與倫理間進退兩難。
Adriana Smith should be here with her 5-year-old son. Her severe headaches were dismissed and at 9 weeks pregnant she was declared brain dead, the result of blood clots.
— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) May 16, 2025
Her family visits her constantly. Her son asks when she’ll wake up.
Emory hospital says the Georgia abortion… pic.twitter.com/ocEQcGV9yv
引發社會對於胎兒法律地位的討論
這起事件引發社會對於胎兒法律地位的討論。批評者認為,將胎兒視為法律上的「人」可能侵害母親的自主權,特別是在母親已被宣告死亡的情況下。支持者則認為,應該尊重胎兒的生命權,並認為法律應更清楚地界定相關情況。
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