by Jackson Milton | Jul 31, 2020 | Media, News, Press Releases
The Starr County Health Authority has announced the formation of an ethics committee that will determine which patients infected with COVID-19 are eligible to receive care in the border county’s lone hospital. Patients determined to have too low of a survival...
by Texas Right to Life | Jul 31, 2020 | Denial of Treatment, News
“There is simply no constitutional equivalent for involuntarily depriving a terminally ill patient of her life against her wishes.” (Page 117) On Friday afternoon, the Second Court of Appeals released a meticulously researched and well-reasoned 148-page...
by Texas Right to Life | Jul 31, 2020 | News
Let me introduce you to four patients YOU SAVED during the coronavirus outbreak! *Joseph – An Austin hospital forced an unwanted Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Order on him in March. After Texas Right to Life patient advocates helped his wife, *Jenny, remove the DNR,...
by Texas Right to Life | Jul 24, 2020 | Media, News, Press Releases
The Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth granted Baby Tinslee Lewis a temporary injunction, citing the probability that the Texas Advance Directives Act (also known as the 10-Day Rule) will be declared unconstitutional after a full trial. Baby Tinslee’s temporary...
by Texas Right to Life | Jul 22, 2020 | News
The 2020 Republican Party of Texas (RPT) State Convention was an extraordinary occasion, to say the least. After three days of in-person committee meetings to discuss the RPT’s temporary rules, platform, and legislative priorities, the rest of the convention was...
