The article says it all. The GOP controlled Texas Legislature decided that politicians, not family should be making end of life decisions.
So anyone who says that the GOP is the party of small, less intrusive government is full of shit.
Pregnant, Brain-Dead Woman Kept on Life Support - ABC News
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So anyone who says that the GOP is the party of small, less intrusive government is full of shit.
Her husband, Erick Munoz, says a doctor told him she's brain dead, but John Peter Smith Hospital is refusing to allow him to take her off of life support. The hospital says Texas law prohibits it from following a family directive when a pregnancy is involved....
"It's our decision that we didn't want to live in that condition," he said
"We are following the law of the state of Texas," Labbe said. "This is not a difficult decision for us. We are following the law."
"This patient is neither terminally nor irreversibly ill," said Dr. Robert Fine, clinical director of the office of clinical ethics and palliative care for Baylor Health Care System. "Under Texas law, this patient is legally dead."
Pregnant, Brain-Dead Woman Kept on Life Support - ABC News
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