Fort Worth Star-Telegram Bud Kennedy column
By Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram | |
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If county officials truly needed a court's direction to declare the pregnant
Throughout Erick Muñoz's miserable two months by his dead wife's bedside, officials of the publicly owned hospital have always said they were sympathetic but had to follow a state law requiring artificial life support for any pregnant patient.
After Muñoz's insurance, public resources will probably have to cover the remaining cost of sustaining a troubled pregnancy to keep JPS covered under the law. More public resources would be needed for more legal defense, appeals and courts.
There is a great argument to be made for sustaining all life, no matter how near the end.
But
That law leaves no such leeway to make the same decision about a fetus.
It should.
Meanwhile, we are left to the decisions of a public hospital led by an appointed board of managers, Chairman
With Shannon retiring, his office should not be influenced by the tremendous political pressure from local abortion opponents.
The next decision like this probably will fall to a new district attorney.
Two of the three Republican candidates in the
Former state District Judge
But she added: "As [a] private citizen, Wilson would hope JPS would appeal and put the baby's life first."
Opponent
The question is not the same as abortion, she said, noting that doctors now describe the fetus as abnormal with little chance to survive.
"The mom should not be used to incubate a baby that is not likely to survive," Lowthorp wrote.
"Let them [the Muñozes and Marlise Muñoz's parents, the Machados] have closure."
Another candidate, attorney
It is time for
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