- NEW: Analyst: Courts can “provide clarity” on a “vague” state statute
- Marlise Munoz was 14 weeks’ pregnant when stricken; hospital has said it must follow state law
- Family argues Texas law on life-sustaining treatment for pregnant women doesn’t apply
- Family: Munoz is brain-dead with no life to sustain; calls treatment “cruel and obscene mutilation”
(CNN) — The husband of a pregnant Texas woman — who he says has been brain dead for seven weeks — asked a court Tuesday to force a hospital to take her off a respirator, ventilator and other machines, saying her wishes shouldn’t be disregarded just because she is pregnant.
Erick Munoz filed an emergency motion as well as a complaint against John Peter Smith Hospital, both with the same goal: to have the hospital disconnect the machines so that her family can take her body and give her a proper burial.
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