by Miranda Willborg | Feb 7, 2023 | Assistance, Bioethics, Denial of Treatment, Euthanasia, Issues, Legislation, News
(This is the third article of our brain death series. Make sure to read Article 1 and Article 2, and be on the lookout for the next article in the series!) On paper, the concept of brain death seems relatively simple: apply a legal definition of brain death to a...
by Ashley Solano | Jan 31, 2023 | Assistance, Bioethics, Denial of Treatment, Euthanasia, Issues, News
(This is the second article of our brain death series. Make sure to read Article 1: (Is Brain Death a New Way of Defining Death?) and be on the lookout for the next article in the series!) Only a handful of stories have appeared in the mainstream media of the...
by Texas Right to Life | Jan 24, 2023 | Assistance
Visit a NEW pregnancy center in your community this Saturday! Come to the Eastside Pregnancy Care Center’s open house on Saturday, February 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 314 N. Hackberry St., San Antonio, Suite 103, 78202. You can tour the center, meet the...
by Emily K. Cook | Jan 17, 2023 | Assistance, Bioethics, Denial of Treatment, Euthanasia, Futile Care, Issues, News
You’ve probably known someone, perhaps a loved one, who was declared brain dead. An estimated 15,405 patients in American hospitals were diagnosed and declared brain dead in 2016. That’s about 42 every day. But what exactly is brain death? First coined in 1968, brain...
by Kim Schwartz | Nov 22, 2022 | Denial of Treatment, Euthanasia, Healthcare, Issues, News
God is working miracles through Pro-Life folks like you! Jesus S. is a 44-year-old man who landed in the hospital after suffering complications from COVID-19.But on November 8, his brother called Texas Right to Life in desperation because this Christian hospital...
by Texas Right to Life | Nov 2, 2022 | Assistance, Denial of Treatment
Why do I need a Medical Power of Attorney? Imagine you are rushed to the hospital and rendered unconscious, unable to speak for yourself. In these tragic cases, Texas law automatically assigns a surrogate decision-maker for you in the following order: spouse,...
