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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge orders Texas hospital to remove life support from pregnant, brain-dead woman
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Judge orders Texas hospital to remove life support from pregnant, brain-dead woman.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/judge-orders-texas-hospital-remove-life-support-pregnant-brain-dead-woman
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Judge orders Texas hospital to remove life support from pregnant, brain-dead woman (Original Post)
The Straight Story
Jan 2014
OP
Judge Made Brave Decision That Could Put That Judge's Well Being At Risk.
TheMastersNemesis
Jan 2014
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. It's the right thing to do...
Although it's very sad...RIP
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)2. It's sad when THAT headline makes me smile
It is such a ghoulish, sad, miserable sounding headline.
But this is the world those bastards make... a world where allowing an early term deformed fetus inside a dead person to die is jubilant, versus the ghastly alternative.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)3. Finally, it never should have happened in the first
damned place.
LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)5. That poor woman's family did not deserve to go through this.
I hope that they are able to grieve and move forward.
kcr
(15,315 posts)6. I'm glad to hear this
This poor family can finally have some closure.
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)7. Judge Made Brave Decision That Could Put That Judge's Well Being At Risk.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)8. May everyone involved finally be at peace.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)9. Finally.
The judge did the right thing.
May the family now find peace.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)10. May she rest in peace.
And I really hope the hospital doesn't send a bill.