Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
Don't know if you guys heard this story but I'm guessing Oli has.

A Texas woman, considered brain dead is being kept alive because she is 14 weeks pregnant and state law prohibits taking her off life support. Thing is, doctors say baby has multiple deformed lower extremities and water on the brain. The husband & family want to take her off life support and bury both mother & baby. I can only imagine what he is going thru. What an awful situation to be in. frown

TIS


http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/01/...in-court-friday


Indeed I have. It is an illustration of the complexity of law. It's unfortunate that so many people simply will not recognize that complexity and desperately seek simplicity. Such conflicts always come in my class discussions.

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