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This thread is for discussing end-of-life directives and the implications (moral, legal, ethical, etc) surrounding them.

As a starting topic,

In Texas, a pregnant woman was found unconscious in her home. She was taken to a hospital, physically revived and put on life support. The fetus is showing signs of activity. However, she was declared brain dead, which is considered legally dead and medically dead. Against her proclaimed wishes and those of her next-of-kin (husband) and her parents, she remains on life support due to a state law that says, "A person may not withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment under this subchapter from a pregnant patient." She is being used as an incubator without her consent.
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What do you make of this case? Is the hospital doing the right thing? What should be done?

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