Three ‘significant’ pro-life laws go into effect in Texas
The new laws affect euthanasia, students, and life-sustaining treatment.
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Articles tagged Texas Advance Directives Act
Texas pro-lifers welcome new protections against euthanasia law
Texas Right to Life lauded the reform as a ‘great step forward,’ but called for further action, noting that patients ‘will still be in danger’ without additional protection.
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Texas passes bill to reform infamous ‘10-Day Rule’ that lets hospitals take patients off life support
The new bill would extend the '10-Day Rule' and ban hospitals from ending patients' lives based on 'quality of life' judgments, among other things.
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Judge denies injunction to extend baby Tinslee Lewis’ life support
The baby's family has seven days to file an appeal. Cook Children's Medical Center is trying to remove Tinslee's life support against her family's wishes.
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Texas bishops oppose mother’s efforts to save her baby on life support
The bishops joined in a friend-of-the-court brief as part of a coalition to have the baby taken off life support.
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Texas Attorney General joins fight to stop hospital taking baby off life support
Attorney General Ken Paxton said that it's part of the U.S. Constitution that 'no person should be deprived of life.'
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Oral arguments begin over controversial Texas end-of-life law
At issue is a law that gives doctors the freedom to terminate a patient's life by withholding treatment.
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