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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, the ethical and legal questions of this case have been previously debated prior to overturning R v W.

Here is the case of Marlise Munoz, a TX woman who suffered a catastrophic event while pregnant and [b]the state did force her to be sustained[/b] against very clearly expressed wishes from the family. Per the PP, apparently the woman's father who called his daughter "a host for a fetus" is left wing nut job for using this language about his own daughter??

"Mrs. Munoz’s father, Ernest Machado, 60, a former police officer and an Air Force veteran, put it even more bluntly. “All she is is a host for a fetus,” he said on Tuesday. “I get angry with the state. What business did they have delving into these areas? Why are they practicing medicine up in Austin?”

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/08/us/pregnant-and-forced-to-stay-on-life-support.html

In that case, the family was able to take the hospital to court and the court ruled that the hospital was misapplying TX law (this was back in 2014).

However, as GA has a fetus = person law, not sure how the court would rule in this case in GA if the family should go to court. [/quote]

I want to clarify my prior post - the hospital forced her to be sustained based on their legal interpretation of TX law. However because the family won the case in court, TX law at that time (again, 2014) eventually allowed for her to have care withdrawn.

Obviously laws are different here so legally, if challenged in court, the outcome in GA may not be the same given the "fetus = person" text. Meanwhile, GA politicians, attorney general, etc are free to speak out on this case, propose clarifying the legal text, but have they? [/quote]

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