What Next | Legally Dead—And Pregnant

Adriana Smith was nine weeks pregnant when she was declared brain
dead in February—far enough along that her fetus showed cardiac
activity.  The hospital then refused to let her family decide
whether or not they want to keep Smith on life support long enough
for the fetus to be delivered. Guests:   Imani Gandy,
Editor-at-Large for Rewire News Group, covering law and courts and
co-host of the podcast “Boom! Lawyered.” Mary Ziegler, law
professor at UC Davis, author of Personhood: The New Civil War Over
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