Charlie Gard’s parents wanted to take Charlie to the United States for treatment. However, the doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital in the United Kingdom refused. Charlie, the 10-month old boy of Chris Gard and Connie Yates, has mitochondrial DNA depletion...
On April 5, 2017, the House Committee on State Affairs heard House Bill 2063 by Representative Greg Bonnen (R-Friendswood). One of Texas Right to Life’s Pro-Life priority bills, House Bill 2063 would provide much needed patient protections against secret and...
Jason and Tracy Ramos were told their daughter, Darcy Anne, was “incompatible with life.” Despite the diagnosis of Trisomy 18 before birth and the recommendation of countless specialists to choose abortion, Jason and Tracy chose Life for her. Their story, and the 15...
March 31 marks the tragic day when Terri Schiavo succumbed to death by dehydration after almost 14 days without food and water. As a seemingly healthy woman in the prime of life, Schiavo suffered a brain injury in 1990. In the years that followed she was not...
The deadline for filing bills was Friday, March 10 and two comprehensive medical ethics reform measures were filed in the Texas Legislature. Senate Bill 1213 by Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) and House Bill 4090 by Representative Stephanie Klick, R.N. (R –...
A British couple is fighting for the right to seek treatment for their seven-month-old son. The Daily Mail reports that Connie Yates and Chris Gard are desperate to continue care for their son, Charlie, and seek experimental treatment for him in the United...
This past Friday, two members of Texas Right to Life’s legislative team served as patient advocates for two separate patients who found themselves victims of the draconian Texas Advance Directives Act. Found in Chapter 166 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, the...
Pro-Life advocates saw a glimmer of hope in the newly released statement by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The formal position statement rejects outright assisted suicide for individuals suffering from mental illness. The statement reads: The American...