India, May 15 -- Just in early February, 30-year-old Adriana Smith, a nine-week pregnant nurse, began experiencing severe headaches. She visited a local hospital, but her mother, April Newkirk, says doctors didn't take the symptoms seriously enough.

Why? Cause Georgia's Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act, originally passed in 2019 but enacted in 2022 after Roe v. Wade was overturned, is now at the centre of the tragedy for Smith's family.

"They gave her some medication, but they didn't do any tests. No CT scan," Newkirk told 11Alive. "If they had done that or kept her overnight, they would have caught it. It could have been prevented."

The following morning, Smith's boyfriend found her in distress, gasping and making gurgl...