“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.worksEnglish
      36·
      2 months 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·
        2 months ago

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