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RICHMOND, VA (AP) -- A brain-dead woman on life support has given birth to a baby girl, the woman's brother-in-law said.
Susan Torres gave birth to Susan Anne Catherine Torres at 8:18 a.m. on Tuesday, Justin Torres wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
There were no complications during delivery and the baby "is doing well," Torres wrote. The baby weighs one pound 13 ounces and is 13 1/2 inches long, he said.
The infant is being monitored in the Neonatal Intensive Care at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, about 100 miles north of Richmond.
Telephone messages left for the brother-in-law and a hospital spokeswoman were not immediately returned.
Susan Torres, 26, lost consciousness from a stroke May 7 after aggressive melanoma spread to her brain. Her husband, Jason Torres, said doctors told him his wife's brain functions had stopped.
Last month, her fetus passed the 24th week of development -- the earliest point at which doctors felt the baby would have a reasonable chance to survive.
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