by Texas Right to Life | Mar 29, 2018 | News
Until now, Texas law has been silent on the life and death issue of whether hospitals had to secure consent from patients or surrogates before issuing Do-Not-Resuscitate orders (DNRs). Due to lack of clarity in the law, individual hospitals set their own policies...
by Texas Right to Life | Jul 18, 2017 | Euthanasia
Assisted suicide activists continue an insidious attempt to normalize euthanasia. As this deadly message spreads, we hear with increasing frequency dangerous and unethical arguments for ending life-sustaining care against a patient’s wishes, especially for the...
by Emily K. Cook | Jul 12, 2017 | Past Sessions
This is the fourth in a series of articles previewing Pro-Life issues and debates expected for the Special Session of the 85th Texas Legislature that begins on July 18, 2017. For two decades, Texas Right to Life has pushed for policy reform protecting patients’...
by Texas Right to Life | Feb 9, 2015 | Bioethics, Healthcare, News
“Obamacare’s shoddy implementation doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of its great evil,” reported Breitbart late last year, referring to the healthcare rationing that is insidiously hidden within the pages of the evasive law. Perhaps...
by Texas Right to Life | May 1, 2011 | Euthanasia, Legislation, Newsletter
On Tuesday, April 12th, the Human Services Committee of the State House heard House Bill 3520, a bill to restore the rights of patients. (As of print, it was left pending in committee.) House Bill 3520 would stop the operational death panels currently...