Contact: Troy Newman, President, Operation Rescue, 316-841-1700; Pastor Stephen E. Broden, Fair Park Bible Fellowship, National Black Pro-Life Coalition, 214-394-0098

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 26, 2014 /Christian Newswire/ -- Operation Rescue releases the following statement on the news that JPS Hospital removed life support from Marlise Munoz and her baby at 11:30 am this morning. The following statement is attributable to Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue.

We are grieved that the JPS hospital has removed life support from Marlise Munoz and her baby. As the term "life support" implies, Marlise's body was alive and supporting a thriving pregnancy at the time support was withdrawn.

It is despicable that dehumanizing and deceptive language was used to refer to Marlise as a "corpse" and her baby's condition as "incompatible with life" in order to elicit public support for putting them to death.

A human being does not lose their God-given human beauty or dignity just because they are disabled or incapacitated. This case just goes to show how far we have slipped into the abyss of a Culture of Death and how intolerant we have become of those who are seen as "inconvenient."

We strongly believe that the order that led to the termination of life support is in complete contradiction to Texas law that was enacted to protect pre-born babies just like the Munoz child. The courts have failed this baby, the attorneys who should have defended Texas law have failed this baby, and the hospital has failed this baby. May this tragedy serve as a wake-up call to our society, lest others wrongly fall victim to this dehumanizing utilitarian view of life and death.