While I was in Europe, Baby Emilio Gonzales died. The case stimulated much discussion of Futile Care Theory, in which Texas law allows ethics committees to refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment—not because the treatment won’t extend life but because it will. The Texas Legislature is in the process of amending the law, but as I will write later, it looks like it is going to punt rather than really prevent people from being forced to die for want of desired medical treatment.
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