Baby Born Three Months After Mother's Death

In June 2019, doctors determined that 27-year-old Eva Votava was dead on neurologic criteria. But, because she was 16-weeks pregnant, they maintained her body on organ support.

Three months later, in mid-August, when Eva was 34 weeks pregnant, clinicians delivered a 4.6 pound baby by Caesarean section. (HT: Czech TV)

Commentators increasingly point to cases like this as one type of evidence that prevailing criteria for determining brain death do not correspond to biological death.

University Hospital Brno (Czech)