Georgia's "heartbeat law" ​is among the restrictive abortion statutes that have been put in place in many conservative states.

Every day that goes by, it’s more cost, more trauma, more questions,” Adriana Smith's mother told a local NBC News affiliate.

A pregnant Georgia woman who was declared brain-dead is being kept alive by ventilators because of the state’s law banning abortions, the woman’s mother says, telling local news that the family has no say in the matter.