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Texas hospital ends life support for brain-dead pregnant woman

Texas hospital ends life support for brain-dead pregnant woman
Marlise Munoz

A brain-dead woman kept alive by a hospital in Texas because she was pregnant has been taken off life support.

A court had ruled that John Peter Smith Hospital must stop life-saving measures for Marlise Munoz by Monday.

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