by Jackson Milton | Mar 20, 2019 | 86th Session, Assistance, Assisted Suicide, Bioethics, Blog, Denial of Treatment, Euthanasia, Futile Care, Healthcare, Issues, Legislation, News
Since Oregon enacted their Death with Dignity Act in 1997, five additional states and Washington D.C. have subsequently legalized the practice of physician-assisted suicide. Proponents continue to promote laws permitting physician-assisted suicide across the nation,...
by Texas Right to Life | Sep 18, 2018 | Denial of Treatment, Legislation
Today, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) published the finalized version of department rules to implement and enforce the new Pro-Life law requiring physicians and medical staff to receive patient or surrogate consent before authorizing a...
by Texas Right to Life | Jun 26, 2018 | Denial of Treatment
Stories of two New Jersey boys receiving care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) highlight the crisis of hospitals overriding patient and family medical decisions. Jayden Auyeung and Areen Chakrabarti were both on life-support at CHOP this spring when the...
by Texas Right to Life | May 31, 2018 | Denial of Treatment
After years of the Texas grassroots calling for change in DNR policies, the Texas Legislature enacted much needed Pro-Life reforms to Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) orders in August of 2017. A crisis in Texas had arisen – in the absence of state law, some physicians were...
by Texas Right to Life | Feb 27, 2018 | Denial of Treatment
Joel Zuniga of Jacksonville, Florida, survived a gunshot wound to the head and, remarkably, began breathing on his own just two weeks after his injury. Life Legal Defense Foundation reports that immediately following the wound, Joel, 33, was unable to breath without...
by Texas Right to Life | Jul 25, 2017 | Denial of Treatment, News
The parents of Charlie Gard have abandoned their legal challenge for the right to seek treatment for their son. Charlie is the infant who captured international attention after a British hospital refused to allow his parents to pursue experimental treatment saying...
