Below is a list of resources for the case involving medical interventions for terminally-ill Baby Tinslee Lewis at Cook Children’s Medical Center and the Texas Advanced Directives Act:
District Court:
Amici Curiae brief for Texas Alliance for Life, et al
Cook Children’s Medical Center’s Brief
Reporter’s Record (Court Transcript)
Judge Marion’s Order
Second Court of Appeals
Amici Curiae brief for Texas Alliance for Life, et al
Brief of Appellee
Supreme Court of Texas
Motion to expedite August 20, 2020
Petition for Review August 20, 2020
Brief of Amici Curiae TAL et al. August 31, 2020
Supplement to Emergency Motion to Expedite
Texas Alliance for Life News Releases:
Statement on Tinslee Lewis in Cook Children’s Hospital and the Texas Advance Directives Act, November 18, 2019
Statement on Judge’s Ruling on the Tinslee Lewis Case, January 2, 2020
Texas Alliance for Life Joins Other Groups Defending the Dispute Resolution Process in the Tinslee Lewis Case, February 4, 2020
Other Sources:
Pro-Life Doesn’t Mean Artificially Keeping Tinslee Lewis Alive Forever, by Dr. Joe Pojman, as published in The Federalist, January 13, 2020
The Ethics of the Texas Advance Directives Act
The pro-life position on Tinslee Lewis is to take her off life support and end her suffering, as published by By Kyleen Wright, president of Texans for Life, on NBCnews.com, Feb. 4, 2020
The tragic case of Baby Tinslee is dividing even pro-lifers, as published by Mark Davis in the Dallas Morning News, Jan 11, 2020
Texas Advanced Directives Act Comparison to the Other States:
Due Process Protections in the Texas Advance Directives Act
States with Safe Harbor
States without Safe Harbor