ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Adriana Smith, the metro Atlanta woman who was declared brain dead earlier this year and later gave birth to a baby, was laid to rest Saturday.

Family and friends of Smith gathered for her funeral at Fairfield Baptist Church in Lithonia. People prayed and shared stories about the 30-year-old mother and nurse who was declared brain dead in February after suffering medical complications.

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Smith, a nurse at Emory University Hospital, visited two medical facilities in February complaining of a severe headache, according to her family. Her loved ones say she was given medication but not tested.

A few days later, Smith was found unresponsive and rushed to the hospital, where doctors discovered blood clots in her brain. She was declared brain dead on Feb. 19.

Her family stated that Smith, who was approximately eight weeks pregnant at the time, was kept on life support in accordance with Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act, one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation, which bans the procedure after six weeks.

Smith was removed from life support on June 17. Her son, Chance, was delivered by emergency C-section on June 13.

State Rep. Park Cannon attended Smith’s funeral Saturday, presenting a resolution to protect medical rights during pregnancy.

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“Whereas we believe autonomy should be upheld in Georgia by enacting Adrianna’s Law, again, Adrianna’s Law, which would affirm that individuals would maintain agency over their bodies and medical decisions even under restrictive fetal personhood regimes,” Cannon said.

While Smith was in the hospital, Georgia attorney general Chris Carr said there was nothing in the law that required doctors to keep a woman on life support after brain death, saying that removing life support is not an action with the purpose of terminating a pregnancy.

Georgia’s LIFE Act allows exceptions in cases of rape, incest, or if the life of the mother is at stake. Smith doesn’t necessarily fit into any of those categories, which has sparked a lot of discussion about the law.

Smith’s family has started an online fundraiser to support the care of both Chance and Smith’s 7-year-old son, Chase.

It has raised more than $435,000 as of Saturday.

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