Declared brain-dead at just nine weeks pregnant, Adriana was kept on life support for months against her family’s wishes. Her body became the site of a state-mandated experiment in control — one that ...

Editor’s note: This perspective was recorded before the pregnant patient’s baby was born in June and the patient was taken off life support. But the ethical implications remain. Hi. I’m Art Caplan.

A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain-dead after a medical emergency and doctors have kept her on life support for three months so far to allow enough time for the baby to be born and comply ...

You can’t plan for a life-threatening medical emergency. But depending on where you live and if you’re pregnant, the tiny bit ...

The drama now playing out in Texas over whether to keep a brain dead pregnant woman alive on life support is grimly similar to a case decided in a crowded Decatur courtroom in August 2010. The drama ...

When someone's heart stops beating, their brain cells start dying within minutes. But sometimes, they can still come back ...

In October 2021, 36-year-old Anthony “TJ” Hoover II was rushed to Baptist Health Richmond in Kentucky after a drug overdose. He went into cardiac arrest, and doctors found no reflexes or brain ...