family s wishes and what her family says were her wishes. erik munoz says as paramedics it was a conversation he and marlise had often. we ve seen things out in the field. and we both knew that we didn t want to be on life support. but hospital refuses to unplug the ventilator because marlise is pregnant. texas is one of about 30 states that restricts a woman s ability to be disconnected from life support if she s pregnant, regardless of the patient or family s directive. weave vave we reached a poi where you wish your wife s body would stop. the family files a lawsuit demanding marlise be immediately disconnected and her body turned over to them for proper burial. the case sparks a debate over end of life decisions. we don t want the hospital or the court if it does go to court there is a child involved. tom mayo ace law professor at
and young mom they ve lost and their battle to honor her wishes after she died. it took them two months, but they did honor her wishes this past weekend. now they re trying to find a way forward in their grief. they told me they want to make sure no other family has to go through what they did. in just a moment, you ll hear from her husband, eric and mother, lynn. first, a quick look back how this tragedy unfolded. this past november, 33-year-old marlise munoz wakes up in the middle of the night to prepare a bottle for her young baby boy. a paramedic whose husband is also a paramedic, marlise is 14 weeks pregnant with the couple s second child, when she collapses on the kitchen floor of an apparent blood clot in her lung. shortly after being taken to john peter smith hospital in ft. worth, texas, doctors tell her husband, eric, his wife is brain dead and will never recover. i can t say enough about her. i can t do her justice.
house. thanks, geragos. thanks. as always you can find more on the story and other stories at cnn.com. just ahead the fallout of a u.s. congressman s meltdown. take a look. representative michael grimm physically threatening a reporter for asking him a question he didn t like. he talked about tossing him off the balcony. also the family of marlise munoz is speaking out tonight on cnn sharing details about their battle, months-long battle to honor her wishes after she was declared brain-dead but was kept on a ventilator under a texas law because she was pregnant. they lived. they lived. they lived. (dad) we lived.
the reporter wanted to take the opportunity to ask a question. i asked grimm today, last night you seemed to not like being asked this other question. was it inappropriate? he said it was absolutely a fair question. so a real turn around for grimm today, anderson. it also guarantees more attention on the federal investigation of the congressman probably something a lot of people didn t even know about before. athena jones, thanks. a cruise ship carrying hundreds of sick passengers back in port. we re learning the outbreak may have been worse than first thought. new details about how bad it was on board. also on cnn erick munoz tells why his late wife marlise made him a stronger man and why he fought to honor her wishes to die with dignity. i have no doubt. i have no doubts. i sat there and tried to argue with myself. but knowing marlise, knowing that she fights for what she believes in, i can t say that four years ago i would have done
family says were her wishes. erick munoz says as paramedics, it was a conversation they had often. we ve seen things out in the field, and we both knew that we didn t want to be on life support. but the hospital refuses to unplug the ventilator because marlise is pregnant. texas is one of about 30 states that restricts a woman s ability to be disconnected from life support if she s pregnant regardless of the patient s or family s directive. we ve reached the point that you wish that your wife s body would stop. after more than a month, the family files a lawsuit, demanding marlise be disconnected and her body turned over to them for burial. the case sparks a debate over end of life decisions. we just don t want the hospital or if it does go to court to forget that there is a child involved. tom mayo is a law professor. he helped write the law and says