Brain-dead woman kept on life support because she is pregnant - Denison Forum

Brain-dead woman kept on life support because she is pregnant - Denison Forum: A brain-dead Texas woman is being kept on life support because she is pregnant.  Her hospital refuses to take her off machines, despite her husband's pleas, because a state law requires continued treatment of a pregnant patient.  Texas is one of 12 states which automatically invalidate a pregnant woman's advance health care directive.  So long as the fetus is alive, the mother cannot be removed from life support.President Reagan designated January 22, 1984 the first National Sanctity of Human Life Day.  For 30 years, many churches across America have observed the third Sunday in January as Sanctity of Life Sunday.  As the observance continues this Sunday, I'm thinking today about the logic of our society's position on abortion.