Action – Urge Gov. Perry to Save a Life!
This weekend, a judge ordered the murder of an innocent person. In a tragic story, Marlise Munoz suffered a pulmonary embolism and has been declared brain dead. She is currently 22 weeks pregnant. Texas law states that a pregnant mother must be kept on life support for the sake of the unborn child’s life. Munoz’s baby is alive and many experts have contended it has an excellent chance of survival.
However, a district judge has ordered that Mrs. Munoz be
taken off life support by Monday evening, which will kill the little baby. Why?
Is Mrs. Munoz suffering by being kept on life support so her child could
live? No. There would seem to be no benefit
(besides the saving of a few dollars) to turning the machine off now. The only consequence would be the death of
the child. I wonder if the fact that the
child may have deformed lower extremities came into play. Either way, Adolf Hitler would be proud.
I’m sure the family, stricken with grief, is thinking of Mrs.
Munoz, and I don’t blame them. But the
law is in place for a reason, so that, during these emotional and trying times for a family, a child’s
life would be protected. Yet again we
see a judge disregarding the law and ruling according to his own personal
whims.
Could our system be more broken? If anything is left to be done, we must do
it. We must urge Governor Perry of Texas to intervene to
save this child’s life.
And as always, we must pray.
We can not judge the motives of anyone involved in this case. We must pray for them and for justice for
this little child, and for its mother, may her last heroic act on this earth be
the giving of life, and may she rest in peace.
