The Camps’ lawsuit, filed at the end of May, was part of a larger debate supported by anti-abortion advocates that challenged the use of brain death testing. The Camps had hoped that by preventing brain death testing and a determination of whether their daughter was brain dead, hospitals would be forced to keep Annelise on life-supporting services for as long as possible. Under Texas law, brain death is the irreversible cessation of all brain function and hospitals are not required to obtain family consent before conducting the tests. On Memorial Day, Annelise was pulled from a hotel swimming pool and taken to Texas Children’s Hospital, where she was placed on a ventilator. Annelise was transferred from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston to Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, but was transferred back to a Texas hospital, Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, about a week ago, Toth said.