US Judge Orders Pregnant Woman Taken Off Life-support
The grieving husband and parents of Marlise Munoz had been fighting to abide by what they said were her stated wishes and have her taken off the respirator.
Via AFP:
A US judge ordered a Texas hospital Friday to pull the plug on a brain-dead, pregnant woman it had kept on life support against the family's wishes.
Texas is among 12 US states that have adopted strict laws requiring that a woman be kept alive if pregnant, regardless of the stage of her pregnancy.
The grieving husband and parents of Marlise Munoz -- who was declared brain dead on November 28 when she was just 14 weeks pregnant -- had been fighting to abide by what they said were her stated wishes and have her taken off the respirator.
But John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth refus...