A Texas judge has ruled that a children's hospital could remove an 11-month-old from life support despite her family's objections.
5 min readA Texas judge on Thursday sided with a hospital that plans to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support after her mother disagreed with the decision.A Texas judge ruled on Thursday that a children's hospital could remove an 11-month-old from life supportTinslee Lewis was given approximately seven days to live after a Texas Fourth Court of Appeals judge denied a temporary injunction to keep her on life support at the Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth.
In a statement issued by Texas Right to Life, an anti-abortion group that opposes the"10-day rule," Lewis said she plans to appeal the judge's decision. "I hope that we can keep fighting through an appeal to protect Tinslee. She deserves the right to live. Please keep praying for Tinslee and thank you for supporting us during this difficult time," she added.
The hospital said it tried everything it could to help Tinslee improve, including reaching out to more than 20 well-respected health care facilities and specialists over the course of several months, but"even the highest level of medical expertise cannot correct conditions as severe as Tinslee's."
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