Baby of brain-dead pregnant woman kept alive under abortion law has been delivered, family says

The baby of Adriana Smith, a brain-dead pregnant woman who was being kept alive by ventilators under Georgia’s abortion law, was delivered Friday, her family said.

The baby of Adriana Smith, a brain-dead pregnant woman who was being kept alive by ventilators under Georgia’s abortion law, was delivered Friday, her family said.

Smith’s mother, April Newkirk, told NBC affiliate WXIA of Atlanta that the baby, named Chance, was born prematurely via emergency cesarean section. She said the baby weighed about 1 pound, 13 ounces and is in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Adriana Smith while she was pregnant with her first son.via WXIA“He’s expected to be OK,” she told the station. “He’s just fighting. We just want prayers for him. Just keep praying for him.”

Smith also has an older son.

Newkirk did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment Tuesday.