PROVO — Ashleigh Cox, was a 21 year old adventure lover from Colorado Springs. Friend Elizabeth Kent says, "She was always up for anything you had in mind. If it was going snowshoeing or just going for a walk or doing just absolutely anything, she was up for it." Cox who was snowshoeing with friends in an abrupt gully near the Tibble Fork Reservoir in American Fork Canyon Saturday was swept … [Read more...]
Brain dead Texas woman removed from life support
Putting an end to the debate that whether a legally and medically dead pregnant woman be kept on life support for the sake of a fetus, John Peter Smith Hospital removed the brain-dead pregnant Texas woman from the machines to handover the body to her family. The hospital decided to take her off the ventilators on Sunday as it acceded to a judge's ruling that it was misapplying state … [Read more...]
Pregnant Woman from Texas on Life Support due to Anti-abortion Laws
Following a Texas law, brain dead and pregnant 33-year-old Marlise Munoz from Fort Worth, Texas is being kept alive, regardless of the condition of the fetus or her family’s wishes. She has been in the ICU of John Peter Smith Hospital after she collapsed on 26 November when she was 14 weeks pregnant. Her husband, Erick, a fire-fighter and paramedic, wants to take her off life support as she … [Read more...]
