NYT
A 2-Year-Old’s Drowning and a Fight Over the Line Between Life and Death
Sunday, July 26, 2026
A Texas family filed a lawsuit against a hospital over proposed testing to determine whether their 2-year-old child met the medical criteria for brain death. The hospital sought to perform the evaluation; the family opposed it. According to reporting, opposition to the testing has included involvement from anti-abortion advocacy groups.
Original reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/near-drowning-texas-brain-dead.html