Brain-dead pregnant woman taken off life-support

A brain-dead pregnant Texas woman’s body was removed from life-support, as the hospital keeping her on machines against her family’s wishes acceded to a judge’s ruling.

Marlise Munoz’s body soon will be buried by her husband and parents, after John Peter Smith hospital in Fort Worth announced it would not fight Judge RH Wallace’s order on Friday to pronounce her dead and return her body to her family.

The 23-week-old foetus she was carrying will not be born.