by Texas Right to Life | May 11, 2015 | Bioethics
Viability (a baby’s ability to survive outside the womb if born prematurely), has had a huge impact on the abortion debate. The gestational age of viability is the point at which many elected officials who advocate for abortion will concede that abortion...
by Texas Right to Life | May 7, 2015 | Bioethics
Sofia Vergara, famous for her role as comic Columbian maven, Gloria, on ABC’s Modern Family, is embroiled in controversy over the fate of two of her preborn children. In 2012 and 2013, Vergara and her then-fiancé Nick Loeb, conceived a total of...
by Texas Right to Life | May 7, 2015 | Abortion, Bioethics
New research from Oxford University in England is breaking the silence on pain in babies. Researchers studied ten healthy newborns who were between 1 and 6 days old by comparing MRIs of their brains to those of ten adults. The research was previously...
by Texas Right to Life | Apr 24, 2015 | Bioethics, News
It has been a frustrating experience to witness the difficulties in repealing Texas’ oppressive futile care law that permits bioethics committees to order patients off wanted life-sustaining treatment based on “quality of life” (read money)....
by Texas Right to Life | Apr 18, 2015 | Bioethics, News
As the debate over doctor-assisted suicide explodes in the U.S., disability rights activists – many of whom are disabled themselves—implore legislators to study data regarding discrimination, pressure, and coercion against disabled individuals to end their...
by Texas Right to Life | Apr 12, 2015 | Bioethics
Update: House Bill 3074 addresses much needed changes. For the last ten years, Texas Right to Life has been the ONLY organization helping hospitalized patients navigate the transfer process when the hospitals move to withdraw lifesaving treatment from the patients...
