Declared brain-dead at just nine weeks pregnant, Adriana was kept on life support for months against her family’s wishes. Her body became the site of a state-mandated experiment in control — one that forced treatment on a woman who could no longer consent. I’m a plaintiff in Koskenoja v. Whitmer, a case challenging Michigan’s pregnancy exclusion — a statute that nullifies a person’s end-of-life medical decisions if they are pregnant. I’m someone who could become pregnant, and that means the rights I’ve carefully outlined for myself could disappear the moment a pregnancy is detected. If a government can override a pregnant person’s decisions when they’re incapacitated, it can override anyone’s.
