Every headline I see that says “mother on life support gives birth” disgusts me. Stop saying she gave birth. Stop providing cover for the evil monsters who are taking away our rights and experimenting on us. Period.

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Every headline I see that says “mother on life support gives birth” disgusts me. Stop saying she gave birth. Stop providing cover for the evil monsters who are taking away our rights and experimenting on us. Period.

They Called It a Miracle. But We Know the Truth: The State Stole Her Dignity.

A follow-up to my previous article on Adriana Smith, whose body became the battleground for Georgia’s abortion laws.

Read the original here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16i9fMXKjX/

By Tony Pentimalli

On June 13th, at just 23 weeks gestation, a baby named Chance was delivered from the lifeless body of Adriana Smith, a 31-year-old nurse, mother, daughter, and friend who had been declared brain dead four months earlier. The child, weighing under two pounds, now fights for survival in a Georgia NICU. The state that claimed to defend life has finally allowed Adriana to die.

She is scheduled to be taken off life support this week, not because her family’s grief was finally honored, nor because medical ethics prevailed, but because the State got what it wanted. Her body served its court-imposed sentence. A heartbeat for a heartbeat. A birth extracted from a corpse.

Let’s be clear: this was never about life. It was about dominion.

Adriana never consented to this. Her family begged for dignity. Her doctors knew she was gone. But Georgia’s abortion ban, laced with language declaring embryos legal “persons” from the moment of detection, rendered her wishes irrelevant. The state froze her death in place, subordinated her humanity to fetal development, and commandeered her body for months, as if she were property.

This was not medicine. It was ideological bondage. And it was entirely preventable.

Even Georgia’s own attorney general admitted that removing life support would not have violated state law. But the damage was done. Hospitals and doctors feared legal ambiguity, moral crusaders, and political retaliation. And so Adriana remained tethered to machines—her chest rising and falling like a lie, until the fetus grew strong enough to be cut free.

They’re calling it a miracle. But no miracle begins with a woman’s death and ends with the state dragging her family through months of forced grief. No miracle requires a government to play god while pretending it’s playing savior.

Now a baby fights for survival, and the mother who bore him will finally be laid to rest.

What will they tell Chance one day? That his mother died, and then the state imprisoned her body until he was ready to be born? That her final gift was involuntary, her sacrifice stolen, her dignity denied?

This is the America Dobbs v. Jackson built. Where your rights vanish the moment a heartbeat is detected. Where death itself is not enough to restore bodily autonomy. Where a woman can be forced to serve the state—literally—after she’s gone.

Adriana Smith was not a martyr. She was a victim of cruelty disguised as law. A casualty of theocratic policy. Her story is a warning.

We pray for Chance. But we rage for Adriana.

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*Tony Pentimalli is a political analyst and commentator fighting for democracy, economic justice, and social equity. Follow him for sharp analysis and hard-hitting critiques on Facebook and BlueSky

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Just for the record, tell us again how important to Republicans and the church the infant is vs the forced birth to punish girls and women. Infants you will notice, are disposable, having served their purpose of shaming women and or young girls. Throwing a newborn into a cesspool is so much more expedient than an abortion according to Christians, church leaders and men.
 

 

 

Reich Wing Watch

eSndoopsrt288m8t8mlta0ihh85170c24f71603f343g5800fiam9h963m9l  · Authorities confirmed that the document, found in a fake police SUV used by the suspect, contained nearly 70 names, including high-profile Minnesota Democrats such as Governor Tim Walz, Representative Ilhan Omar, Senator Tina Smith, and Attorney General Keith Ellison. The list also targeted abortion providers and pro-abortion rights advocates, alongside other lawmakers across several states. Both Hortman and Hoffman were explicitly named, confirming they were deliberate targets in the early morning shootings on June 14.

Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley described the suspect, now revealed as Vance Boelter, as “clearly impersonating” a police officer, using a convincing uniform and vehicle to execute the attack. Governor Walz condemned the violence as “politically motivated,” noting the manifesto’s focus on progressive leaders. “This is an assault on our values and democracy itself,” Walz said in a statement.

The revelation of the manifesto has heightened fears of escalating political violence, particularly against progressive figures. Authorities have notified all individuals named in the document and increased security measures. The public is urged to remain vigilant and verify the identity of anyone claiming to be law enforcement.

As the manhunt continues, the attack has sparked renewed calls for addressing right-wing extremism and protecting elected officials. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Brooklyn Park Police Department.

 

 

 

BREAKING: The 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New York drops a bombshell on Donald Trump by rejecting his desperate request for them to rehear the $5 million E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case that he lost.

And it gets even worse for this adjudicated rapist...

"E. Jean Carroll is very pleased with today’s decision,” her attorney Roberta Kaplan stated. "Although President Trump continues to try every possible maneuver to challenge the findings of two separate juries, those efforts have failed. He remains liable for sexual assault and defamation."

A majority of the judges on the court came together to deliver this defeat. Trump was hoping for an overturning of the civil jury verdict that held him liable for sexually abusing Carroll. That decision also found him liable of defaming her after she went public with her horrifying story about him.

The two judges who dissented in this new ruling were, not surprisingly, appointed by Trump in 2019 during his first presidential term.

The only recourse left now to Trump is the Supreme Court, which may not choose to hear his appeal at all. A MAGA spokesperson has already stated that Trump intends to pursue this final avenue.

This decision from the 2nd Circuit could not come at a worse time for Trump as he is desperately trying to project a persona as a "law and order" president in order to justify his fascist crackdowns against anti-ICE protests.

It's hard to argue that you're upholding the law by targeting undocumented migrants when you yourself are a convicted felon and sexual abuser.