,,iv  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ebb  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,june #ag1 #bjbe,ms4  
,williams ( ,georgia 7= h]self1 ,ms4    
,jacobs1 & ,ms4 ,pressley7 submitt$ !   
foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !    
,committee on ,en]gy & ,comm]ce1 & 9    
addition to ! ,committee on ! ,judici>y1
 = a p]iod to be subsequ5tly det]m9$ by 
! ,speak]1 9 ea* case = consid]ation (  
su* provisions z fall )9 ! jurisdiction 
( ! committee conc]n$  ,,resolution     
,recogniz+ t ,adriana ,smi? & h]        
family's prolong$ ordeal )\t _! cons5t  
is ! direct result ( ! ,black mat]nal   
heal? crisis1 ! dang] ( laws t give     
rights to fetuses & take !m away f      
pregnant p1 & anti-abortion laws t      
cont9ue to h>m p :o c become pregnant4  
,:]eas1 9 e>ly ,febru>y #bjbe1 ,adriana 
,smi?1 a nurse & "m1 s\ght m$ical       
treatm5t f ,nor?side ,hospital 9        
,atlanta :5 %e fir/ felt symptoms       
includ+ extreme heada*e1 b 0 n giv5 a   
full neurological workup2 ,:]eas        

,adriana ,smi? return$ to ! hospital !  
next morn+ = fur!r treatm5t z h]        
symptoms det]iorat$ rapidly ov]night2   
,:]eas1 on ,febru>y #ai?1 #bjbe1 at only
 #i weeks pregnant1 ,adriana ,smi? 0    
decl>$ bra9 dead1 & doctors began to    
pres]ve h] bodily functions via         
v5tilator at ,emory ,univ]sity ,midt[n  
,hospital )\t consult+ ,adriana's       
family2 ,:]eas ,adriana ,smi?'s body may
 end up be+ kept on artificial support  
until h] pregnancy rea*es #cb weeks & ! 
fetus c be deliv]$1 mean+ h] bodily     
functions w h be5 support$ = m ?an #e   
mon?s2 ,:]eas ,black wom5 9 ! ,unit$    
,/ates suff] f ! highe/ rate ( mat]nal  
mortality1 m ?an #c times t ( ,:ite     
wom51 due to p]vasive & sy/emic b>ri]s  
to c>e1 includ+ a tr\bl+ly common t5d5cy
 = ,black wom5's pa9 to be n giv5 full  
consid]ation by m$ical pr(essionals2    
,:]eas laws giv+ rights to fetuses /rip 
! rights ( pregnant p & _! families to  
make decisions reg>d+ _! own heal?c>e1 &
 places _! m$ical decisions 9 ! h&s (   

politicians2 ,:]eas sections #dbjf &    
#dgea ( ! ,omnibus ,budget              
,reconciliation ,act ( #aiij 7,public   
,law #aja-ejh71 commonly kn[n z a !     
,pati5t ,self-,det]m9ation ,act ( #aiij1
 7#ajd ,/at4 #achh-aae1 #achh-bjd71     
affirms ! "r to refuse m$ical c>e &     
=mulate advance directives2 ,:]eas at   
lea/ #bi ,/ates h laws t limit or       
prohibit ! en=cem5t ( advance directives
 if ! pati5t is pregnant1 /ripp+        
pregnant p ( ! fundam5tal "r to det]m9e 
:at c>e !y receive2 ,:]eas an           
individual's pregnancy /atus %\ld n     
inhibit _! fundam5tal "r to p]sonal     
autonomy2 ,:]eas due to ! ,georgia ,liv+
 ,infants ,fairness & ,equality 7,,life7
 ,act1 :i* w5t into effect 9 #bjbb1     
provid+ abortion c>e is a felony crime 9
 ,georgia aft] fetal c>diac activity is 
detect$ ) few exceptions2 ,:]eas        
delib]ately vague anti-abortion laws h !
 int5d$ effect ( *ill+ ! provision (    
m$ically necess>y mat]nal heal?c>e1     
putt+ at risk ! well-be+ ( pregnant p & 

_! fetuses1 & wors5+ mat]nal heal?      
outcomes2 ,:]eas legal confusion &      
unc]ta9ty1 includ+ fe> ( prosecution1   
lead to situations l t occurr+ at ,emory
 ,hospital1 :]e ,adriana ,smi?'s body is
 be+ =cibly treat$ z a human incubator  
:ile h] family grieves2 ,:]eas !        
,georgia ,attorney ,g5]al ,*ris ,c>r has
 said t !re is no?+ 9 ! ,,life ,act t   
requires m$ical pr(essionals to keep a  
woman on life support aft] bra9 dea?1 & 
t remov+ life support is n an action ) !
 purpose to t]m9ate a pregnancy1 b has n
 explicitly rul$ out prosecutions nor   
issu$ a =mal advisory legal op9ion2     
,:]eas anti-abortion laws & laws giv+   
rights to fetuses deprive p :o c become 
pregnant ( _! autonomy by prioritiz+ !  
life ( ! fetus ov] ! heal?1 m$ical      
decisions1 & rights ( ! pregnant p]son1 
a dehumaniz+ practice t violates _!     
civil rights & re9=ces sy/emic control  
ov] _! bodies2 & ,:]eas out ( fe> (     
crim9alization1 family sep>ation1 or    
mi/reatm5t su* z ,adriana ,smi? is      

exp]i5c+1 _m pregnant p avoid heal?c>e  
sett+s1 ev5 :5 !y desire c>e1 ?us putt+ 
_! heal? & ! heal? ( _! fetus at risk3  
,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se (           
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 /&s ) ,adriana   
,smi?'s family 9 _! ef=ts to return     
dignity & ju/ice to _! family2  7#b7    
condemns giv+ fetuses rights & tak+ !m  
away f pregnant p 9 our laws2  7#c7     
condemns ! tr\bl+ly common exp]i5ce t   
,black wom5 face 9 m$ical sett+s ( hav+ 
_! pa9 n giv5 full cr$5ce or treatm5t2 &
  7#d7 urges ! gov]nm5t ( ,/ates-- 7,a7 
to repeal ,/ate laws :i* ban or         
crim9alize abortion & abortion-relat$   
s]vices2  7,b7 to repeal laws t exclude 
pregnant p f hav+ _! advance directives 
come into effect2  7,c7 to cl>ify h[    
anti-abortion laws giv+ rights to       
fetuses %\ld be int]pret$ 9 m$ical      
sett+s1 prioritiz+ ! heal? & well-be+ ( 
pregnant pati5ts2 &  7,d7 to reaffirm & 
gu>antee autonomy & dignity to pregnant 
p ov] _! life1 well-be+1 & m$ical ne$s4