“It’s torture for me,” April Newkirk said. “I see my daughter breathing, but she’s not there.”

Newkirk said the family is also having to deal with the financial responsibility of keeping Smith on life support.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
      English
      391·
      1 month ago

      Oh, it gets better:

      • The family is financially on the hook for the daughter’s hospital bill.
      • Diagnostics have indicated that the fetus is developmentally compromised, and may not even survive the pregnancy.
      • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 month ago

        Why is the family responsible for the cost? The woman is over 18. Shouldn’t her insurance or Medicaid pay for it?