The Handmaid's Tale is Here.

It's no longer a point of reference in America. It’s reality.

The Handmaid’s Tale, an American dystopian television series based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood, is no longer a point of reference in America. It’s reality.
ICYMI, a brain dead woman in Atlanta, Georgia is being kept alive because…she’s pregnant. The woman’s mother said that doctors told the family they were keeping her alive because of the state’s six-week abortion ban.

If you ever had any doubt that the life of a fetus is more important than that of a living, breathing woman look no further. This is literally episode 9 of season 3 of the Handmaid’s Tale series!

There have been many horrible consequences of various states’ abortion bans, but what’s happening in Georgia to a pregnant, brain-dead woman is a sickening on another level because she’s literally being used as an incubator. Smith has been on life support, against her family’s wishes, for over 90 days. She was declared brain-dead back in February when she was nine weeks pregnant.

You can read more this horrifying story which is made even worse by the fact that Adriana Smith is Black women in America. Do we know about the horrific history between medical testing and African-American communities?

A refresher, for those of who may not, from the Smithsonian here.

This is a story is a test. Adriana Smith’s is a test to use women as incubators. They are experimenting with her. If you ever doubted the value of women’s lives in what was once the world’s richest democracy, you have your answer in neon lights.