Friend,
“Those deemed too fragile or sick or elderly” will be sent home to die, a South Texas hospital ethics committee stated regarding COVID-19 patients.
The Starr County Health Authority formed an ethics committee that will determine which COVID-19 patients will receive care in the border county’s lone hospital. Patients determined to have too low of a survival potential will not be admitted to Starr County Memorial Hospital and instead be sent home.
We fear this could lead to unjust and unnecessary rationing.
This unprecedented response to COVID-19 in Texas represents a critical moment for Pro-Life advocates like you.
Since March we’ve received an uptick in calls to our patient assistance hotline from desperate families. Now, our resources are stretched thin.
When hospital committees decide to pull the plug on patients against their will, many families feel they have nowhere to turn. Thankfully, they find Texas Right to Life!
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Through your support of the Texas Right to Life Family Assistance Fund, you help us:
1. Connect with the patient and analyze their situation
2. Walk with them and their families, providing legal support
3. Put patients’ rights back in families’ hands
Will you donate today to the Texas Right to Life Family Assistance Fund?
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The South Texas announcement could lead to discrimination based on disability, age, or “quality of life.” Medical resources are finite, but triage decisions like this should not be based on such anti-Life criteria.
All of us are grateful for the doctors, nurses, and other medical providers working to treat the ill. Selfless service is the key to ending this crisis. And the Pro-Life movement must be equipped to protect vulnerable patients from both the coronavirus and anti-Life ethics that lead to euthanasia.
Will you donate today?
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Texas Right to Life will continue to monitor any updates to Starr County’s situation. If you or anyone you know encounters denial of medical treatment related to COVID-19, please contact us immediately at 713-782-5433.
Our Pro-Life values must never be suspended, even during a global pandemic.
Defending Life with you,
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P.S. Friend, if your loved one becomes sick and you fear he or she may be the victim of a forced DNR, the 10-Day Rule, or a suspicious declaration of brain death, please call us immediately at (713) 782-5433, or click here to learn about your rights.
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