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TLDR: A pregnant woman in Texas was kept alive in a brain dead state after being found pregnant. The hospital continued to keep her on life support despite her wishes. Later the judge ruled to take her off life support; the baby was also growing abnormally. Thoughts? After hospital yields, brain-dead pregnant woman taken off of life support By Hasani Gittens, NBC News A pregnant woman who lapsed into brain-dead state late last year was finally removed from life-support on Sunday after the Texas hospital caring for her announced it would comply with a judge's order to disconnect her from the machines keeping her alive. John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas issued a statement Sunday saying they would "follow the court order" issued Friday in the case of Marlise Munoz. "The past eight weeks have been difficult for the Munoz family, the caregivers and the entire Tarrant County community, which found itself involved in a sad situation," the statement read. "JPS Health Network has followed what we believed were the demands of a state statute. From the onset, JPS has said its role was not to make nor contest law but to follow it. On Friday, a state district judge ordered the removal of life-sustaining treatment from Marlise Munoz. The hospital will follow the court order." Judge R.H. Wallace had given the Fort Worth hospital until Monday at 5 p.m. to comply with his ruling to remove Munoz from life support, which her husband Erick Munoz says she would have wanted. She was 14 weeks pregnant when her husband found her unconscious Nov. 26, possibly due to a blood clot. About an hour after the hospital said it would comply, the Munoz family attorneys released a statement saying Marlise had been taken off life support at about 11:30 a.m. Central time. "May Marlise Munoz finally rest in peace, and her family find the strength to complete what has been an unbearably long and arduous journey," the statement said. Both the hospital and family agreed before Wallace's ruling that Marlise Munoz meets the criteria to be considered brain-dead — which means she is dead both medically and under Texas law — and that her fetus could not be born alive this early in pregnancy. The case has raised questions about end-of-life care and whether a pregnant woman who is considered legally and medically dead should be kept on life support for the sake of a fetus. It also has garnered attention on both sides of the abortion debate, with anti-abortion groups arguing Munoz's fetus deserves a chance to be born. Last week before the judge's ruling, lawyers for the Munoz family said that medical tests showed the fetus was "distinctly abnormal," and not developing properly.

Are you trying to start your own company? It might be wise to invest time into other companies to better understand what's expected. You might just want to call up a few companies and appear interested to work there while asking all these questions. Maybe some of them allow internships?

He won't even do that! He's a tease. I want my money back!!

Congrats man!

This is the worst topic ever, you won't sing ANYTHING!

I stand by Parker's comment. Stop copping out!

Sounds like a cop out to me!

You should do Copa Cabana by Barry Manilow...I dare you!

Soooooooooo....how hot was it?

God save her, because we don't know if Johnson did...

Sounds like a first world problem to me, Yama! You should have made that a meme!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY BUDDY!! And thank you for the well wishes!! They are warmly received!

You already had your chance to be mildly funny.

WTF...why didn't I know this before?!

I wanted to share a funny story regarding my younger brother who was diagnosed when he was 2 (I was 8). He was watching my Dad clip his eyebrows in the mirror. Ian rushed upstairs to attempt his own version of cropped eyebrows. About twenty minutes later, Ian waltzed back downstairs without eyebrows... Our attempts to fix this involved various eyeliner/eyebrow pencils to which Ian was not a fan of. He decided the best way to fix this was a permanent black marker. His eyebrows very much resembled the M for McDonald's. He's 21 now with a much better understanding of facial hygiene haha.

Doesn't mean you need to be donating somewhere. If you don't know what autism is, maybe you should look it up

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