by APFLI | Jun 11, 2015 | Right to Life - Archive
[Comment: Ironically, when the Texas Marlise Munoz case involving a pregnant mother judged “brain dead” happened just prior to Baby Angel, the media was very supportive of removing life support despite Texas law on life support for pregnant women. The mainstream media...
by APFLI | Jun 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
KY Supreme Court decided that families of permanently unconscious patients may have their lives ended by removing their life support, even if a person had not declared a desire for this to happen. Persons in persistent vegetative state (still very open to...
by APFLI | May 29, 2015 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
Sleeping Drug Broke Man’s 3-Year Coma A 28-year-old South African man who has been comatose since an accident three years ago is able to wake up with the unlikely help of a sleeping medication… Louis Viljoen was hit by a truck on a highway in 2003, and has...
by APFLI | May 21, 2015 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
After two weeks and no change Ryan Finley took his wife Jill off life support and suddenly she awoke. Imagine being 31 years old and having to make the agonizing decision to discontinue the life-support keeping your comatose spouse alive. Now imagine that spouse...
