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Brain-dead pregnant US woman kept alive due to abortion ban: family. [iStock]
A 30-year-old pregnant woman in the southeastern US state of Georgia has been kept on life support for three months -- despite being declared brain-dead -- due to the state's abortion restrictions, the woman's mother says.
April Newkirk said the decision to keep her daughter Adriana Smith alive was made without input from her family.
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