Friday, January 24, 2014

Fight continues for pregnant, brain-dead woman to be pulled off life support

FORT WORTH, Texas Attorneys for a Texas family will ask a judge Friday to allow a pregnant, brain-dead woman to be removed from life support despite opposition from the hospital, which argues it is legally bound to keep her on support.

   
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Ron T. Ennis,McClatchy-Tribune Erick Munoz, the husband of Marlise Machado Munoz, poses for a photo at his home on Jan. 3, 2014


The case has raised questions about end-of-life care and whether a pregnant woman who is considered legally and medically dead should be kept on life support for the sake of a fetus. It also has caught the attention of groups on both sides of the abortion debate, with anti-abortion groups arguing the fetus deserves a chance to be born. 

The judge will hear arguments as the husband of Marlise Munoz seeks to remove his wife from life support. Erick Munoz said his wife, a fellow paramedic, had told him when she was healthy that she did not want to be kept alive if she ever became ill. 



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