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To: Morgana

I’m very curious as to why the hospital hasn’t complied with the husband’s desires. They don’t appear to be a religious hospital.

Is it really about their interpretation of the law or is there disagreement about the woman’s actual status as dead?

The hospital and staff can’t speak so their side of the story is not available.


11 posted on 01/14/2014 1:29:42 PM PST by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with violence, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: Valpal1
I’m very curious as to why the hospital hasn’t complied with the husband’s desires.

This is an interesting case, to be sure. Apparently, Texas law prohibits the removal of life support from a pregnant woman. Yet doctors have declared her brain dead so she isn't really on life support but rather being used as an incubator for her baby. Fighting against this are both the woman's husband and her family. Munoz also argues that his wife, a former paramedic, had clear end-of-life instructions that stated she would not have wanted to remain on life support.

18 posted on 01/14/2014 1:43:00 PM PST by Drew68
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