Brain-Dead Woman Gives Birth, Dies

Woman Removed From Life Support After Three Months

(CBS/AP)  As early as last month, family members told newspapers that Susan Torres' cancer had spread to her liver, and that if her liver shut down, the baby could not survive in her womb.

Torres was about seven months' pregnant when the child was delivered. Doctors had hoped to hold off on delivering the child until 32 weeks' gestation. A full-term pregnancy is about 40 weeks.

A Web site was set up to help raise money for the family's mounting medical bills, and as of two weeks ago, people from around the world had donated around $400,000.

The family said it must pay tens of thousands of dollars each week that insurance does not cover.

The couple has one other child — 2-year-old Peter, who has been staying with his grandparents.

"The entire staff and administration of Virginia Hospital Center, especially the physicians and nurses caring for Susan Torres and Baby Girl Torres, are delighted with the successful delivery," the hospital said in a statement. A spokeswoman declined to release additional details.

Since 1979, there have been at least a dozen similar cases published in English medical literature, said Dr. Winston Campbell, director of maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center, which conducted research on the topic.