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Three days before Christmas, a Georgia father who had to sue for custody of his son after the child’s mother died is calling for change.

Adriana Smith, 30, was nine weeks pregnant when she experienced a medical emergency and was declared brain dead on Feb. 19. Smith was placed on life support until her son Chance’s birth four months later to comply with Georgia’s abortion law. Once born, the child’s father, Adrian Harden, had to posthumously sue Smith to establish his parental rights.

Earlier this month, a judge awarded Harden sole legal custody of Chance. His attorneys said that without the lawsuit, Harden faced the possibility of his newborn being placed in foster care, despite a positive DNA test.