paigesq :
then why didn't the family appeal or go to court. I'm a lawyer who fights for the rights of young black women in court but y'all are lying. if the hospital "told them" that, they could have appealed.
So, the family members of Adriana Smith are not being accurate when they say they are liable for her medical bills. Any lawyer would tell them at a free consultation that they are not. They have chosen not to retain an attorney, despite $250k in donations. They did not request, in writing, for the hospital to remove life support. They did not do internal hospital appeals to remove her from life support. They did not do what Terry Schiavo's family did, and file in court to remove life support. They could have filed in Court for $150 and the cost of printing . It was not the state of Georgia who insisted she stay on life support. The GA Attorney General issued a statement, which they could have tried to use in Court, that GA's abortion law did not require the hospital to keep her alive. They have not said they would have removed her from life support, if given the choice. Lots of people have to do appeals or file petitions in Court to remove life support. Her family has chosen not to do that.
So, as a lawyer, I'm a little baffled by the case. They won't ever be able to sue, as far as I can tell, because they actively chose, despite $250k in donations, not to appeal, on any way, even internally, the hospital's decision. They did not "exhaust administrative remedies." If they wanted the choice to be theirs, why not appeal or file the needed papers in court to have that choice awarded to them? Is it because they would have made the same choice anyway, which means this really is not at all about GA's abortion laws?
2025-06-19 12:38:03