A new judge will consider if a Texas hospital can take a 10-month-old girl off life support despite her family's opposition after the impartiality of the previous judge was questioned.
Texas Right to Life, an anti-abortion group that opposes the “10-day rule," has been representing Tinslee's family. Spokeswoman Kimberlyn Schwartz said Tuesday that Judge Sandee Bryan Marion of Texas' Fourth Court of Appeals has now been assigned to the case.
Cook Children's said hospital officials have been talking to Tinslee's family for months about concerns for her long-term survival. By August, the hospital said, everyone on the girl's care team agreed further care was futile and by September they'd began talking to the family about ultimately withdrawing support. With the doctors and her family still unable to resolve their differences, the ethics committee met Oct. 30 and unanimously decided further treatment was inappropriate.
Hospital officials said they've reached out to more than 20 facilities to see if one would take her, but all agree further care is futile. At a news conference with Tinslee's family, GOP state Rep. Tan Parker said the law “doesn't fit with Texas values." And Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has also stated his opposition to the law.
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