Texas judge declares pregnant woman dead, orders life support removed

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Texas judge declares pregnant woman dead, orders life support removed

By Jana J. Pruet FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Friday ordered a Fort Worth hospital to remove a brain-dead pregnant woman from life support, after her husband argued the fetus she has been forced to carry under state law is withering in her lifeless body. The judge ruled that Marlise Munoz, now about 22 weeks pregnant, is dead. She has been on life support in a hospital since November 26 after suffering what her husband, Erick, believes was a pulmonary embolism. District Judge R.H. Wallace gave John Peter Smith Hospital until Monday at 5 p.m. U.S. Central Time (1800 ET) to remove the ventilator.

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