{"id":233145,"date":"2020-10-19T09:33:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T14:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=233145"},"modified":"2020-10-18T21:12:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T02:12:25","slug":"texas-supreme-court-rejects-plea-withdraw-tinslee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-supreme-court-rejects-plea-withdraw-tinslee\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Supreme Court rejects hospital’s plea to withdraw treatment from baby Tinslee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Supreme Court of Texas has rejected a hospital\u2019s plea to allow them to withdraw medical treatment for 18-month-old Tinslee Lewis. The hospital hoped the Court would\u00a0overturn a Second Court of Appeals injunction<\/a>\u00a0from July.<\/span><\/p>\n

The toddler, who is on a ventilator due to severe congenital heart issues from a condition called Ebstein\u2019s anomaly, has required intensive medical care and hospitalization for most of her life. Her continued care has been the subject of a legal battle between the hospital and her family dating back almost one year. With the latest Texas Supreme Court ruling, the case now returns to the district court to rule on Baby Tinslee\u2019s right to continued care.<\/span><\/p>\n

In November 2019, Cook Children\u2019s Medical Center invoked the Texas <\/span>10-Day Rule<\/span><\/a> to notify Baby Tinslee\u2019s mother, Trinity, of its intent to withdraw life-sustaining treatment, as Live Action News\u00a0<\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>. The rule allows a hospital to give just 10 days\u2019 notice of its intent to withdraw life-sustaining care to a patient, often forcing families to scramble to find care. As Texas Right to Life has <\/span>pointed out<\/span><\/a>, the Second Court of Appeals ruling in July rightly cast doubt on the constitutionality of the Texas 10-Day Rule.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cNo patient should be robbed of due process and civil liberties once admitted to a hospital,\u201d <\/span>said Kimberlyn Schwartz,<\/span><\/a> Director of Media and Communication for Texas Right to Life upon Friday\u2019s Texas Supreme Court ruling. \u201cAnd no family should have to race against the clock to save their loved one with an ailment or disability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trinity Lewis has accused the hospital of providing misleading information about her child, as WFAA <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>. She refutes the hospital\u2019s claims that Baby Tinslee is alone 99% of the time and has pointed out that, as a working single mother who also has a second child, she visits as often as she can under the hospital\u2019s stringent COVID mitigation policy. A recent <\/span>video<\/span><\/a> has also been used to refute the hospital\u2019s claims that Baby Tinslee cannot move.<\/span><\/p>\n