Saturday, December 28th, 2013
Stephan: This is the human cost of theologically based social policy. In Saudi Arabia it means women going around in black burkas. In the U.S. it means this. Imagine how you would feel if you had to go through this: Having to maintain a brain dead woman and her non-viable fetus, against her explicit wishes, and the wishes of her husband and family. Who will, of course, nonetheless be getting the bill for 20 weeks of high technology care.
A Texas man who wants his pregnant wife removed from life-support is being thwarted by hospital officials who insist that Texas law states they must continue to care for her.
Under Texas law, ‘[a] person may not withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment under this subchapter from a pregnant patient.