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 | Dec 29, 2017 | Legislation, News, Past Sessions, Vote Pro-Life
In conjunction with the 2017 Pro-Life Scorecard for the Regular and Special Sessions of the 85th Texas Legislature, Texas Right to Life published a 2017 Pro-Life Heroes list and a 2017 Disappointments List, highlighting specific legislators. This article is part of...
by Texas Right to Life | Aug 7, 2017 | News
Patient Consent for Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Orders SB 11 by Sen. Charles Perry and HB 12 by Rep. Greg Bonnen Current Texas law does not require patient or surrogate consent prior to a DNR Order written or executed by a physician or healthcare facility. This enables...
by Texas Right to Life | Apr 13, 2017 | News
One hundred forty days. Twenty weeks. Five months. Tick tock. One hundred eight thousand lives gone and voices lost. One hundred forty days every two years is the only chance we have to rescue these precious souls from the slaughter, to save as many as we can, but...
by Texas Right to Life | Mar 31, 2017 | Blog, Euthanasia, Issues, News
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...
