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"       Last week when we reported that a Texas hospital forced a brain-dead woman to stay alive on life support to keep her &amp;quot;severally deformed&amp;quot; fetus alive, against her family&amp;#039;s wishes, the situation was nothing short of horrible. After two months of keeping Marlise Munoz&amp;#039;s heart and lungs alive, the hospital removed life support this Sunday, according to CNN. Munoz was 14-weeks pregnant, when her husband found her unconscious on their kitchen floor on November 26. Despite the fact that Munoz was brain-dead, officials at the Fort Worth hospital said that Texas law required them to maintain life-sustaining treatment for a pregnant patient. Although there weren&amp;#039;t any written directives regarding her end-of-life care, husband Erick Munoz said that his wife&amp;#039;s wishes would have been to take her off life support. According to CNN, &amp;quot;Erick Munoz had argued that sustaining her body artificially amounted to &amp;#039;the cruel and obscene mutilation of a deceased body&amp;#039; against her wishes and those of her family.&amp;quot; Our hearts go out to the family \u2014 this is something that no one should ever have to endure.   More from Marie Claire: How Does The Texas Abortion Debate Affect Women In Texas? We Asked an Expert Woman Wins Historical Tennis Match, Gets Asked Sexist Interview Question Time Magazine&amp;#039;s Yawwwn-Worthy Yet Questionable Magazine Cover Help Up Use Social Media to Redefine Beauty "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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