Family Will Sue Hospital For Keeping Pregnant Woman On Life Support

While one family fights for their daughter’s life, this on fights to let their family member go…

Family Will Sue Hospital For Keeping Pregnant Woman On Life Support

The Texas family of a pregnant woman who was declared legally brain dead in November is planning to move forward with a lawsuit against the hospital that is forcing them to keep her on life support because she is pregnant.

via Think Progress

The family of Marlise Machado Munoz is preparing a legal challenge against a Texas hospital that is forcing them to keep Munoz on life support because she’s pregnant, even though she has been pronounced brain dead and the grieving family wants to say their goodbyes.

An attorney who specializes in family law confirmed to the Star-Telegram that litigation will be filed soon, but declined to give more details in order to protect the strategy in the upcoming legal fight.

Munoz was pronounced brain dead in November after losing consciousness unexpectedly. She was 14 weeks pregnant at the time.

Munoz’s family members say she would never want to be kept alive by a machine — but hospital officials are still preventing them from removing Munoz from a ventilator. The hospital is citing a decades-old state law that states, “A person may not withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment… from a pregnant patient.”

Texas is one of 12 states that invalidate women’s end-of-life wishes if she is pregnant.

13-year-old Jahi McMath’s family is fighting to keep her on life support while this family is fighting to let their family member go. Kinda crazy how perspective changes things in these two unfortunately similar situations.