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Summary:

62 days is an urgent examination of a growing trend of laws that seek to control a pregnant woman's body. It tells the story of a brain-dead pregnant woman whose family was forced to keep her on life support against their will. Marlise Muñoz was 33 years old and 14 weeks pregnant with her second child when she suffered a pulmonary embolism and was pronounced brain-dead in a hospital in Texas. Marlise had been clear about her end-of-life wishes: she did not want to be on mechanical support under any circumstances. But Marlise was kept alive because of a little-known law that states "a person may not withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment... from a pregnant patient." The film reveals that this is not an anomaly: there are currently 32 states (and counting) with similar or identical pregnancy exclusion policies.

Contributors:

Haimowitz, Rebecca , film director, film producer

Disney, Abigail E. , executive producer

Reticker, Gini , executive producer

Muñoz, Erick , commentator

Machado, Lynne , commentator

Machado, Ernest , commentator

Haj Yahya, Rabab , editor of moving image work

Chen, Timo , composer

Fork Films , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Bright Films, LLC , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Women Make Movies (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Subjects:

Muñoz, Marlise

Right to die — Texas — Case studies

Right to die — Law and legislation — Texas — Case studies

Pregnant women — Law and legislation — Texas — Case studies

Terminal care — Moral and ethical aspects — United States — Case studies

Life support systems (Critical care) — Moral and ethical aspects — Texas

Life support systems (Critical care) — Law and legislation — Texas

Mothers — Mortality — Law and legislation — Texas

Mothers — Mortality — Social aspects

Pregnant women

Euthanasia

Life support systems (Critical care) — Moral and ethical aspects

Right to die

Right to die — Law and legislation

Terminal care — Moral and ethical aspects

Texas

United States

Terminal care

Life support systems (Critical care)

Mothers — Mortality

Mothers

Social aspects

Genres:

Motion pictures

Biographical films

Case studies

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Social problem films

Feature films

System Details:

DVD-R; Dolby Digital 2.0.
NOTICE: This is a DVD-R and may not play on all DVD players.

Performers:

Featuring Erick Muñoz, Lynne Machado, Ernest Machado.

Production Credits:

Editor, Rabab Haj Yahya ; score composed and recorded by Timo Chen.

General Notes:

Closed-captioned in English
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.
Public performance rights included.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (30 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; burning; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo; Dolby Digital 2.0; sound

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video

Call Numbers:

R 726 SIX 2017 DVD

OCLC Numbers:

1021888473