“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
    391·
    22 days 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·
      21 days ago

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