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Does a severely disabled woman have a right to see her children? or should children be shielded in some way from seeing their mom when shes unable to move or clearly communicate with them? these are questions that are tearing one family apart. i was given exclusive opportunity to meet that mom. her name is abbie dorn, and this is her story. hi, abbie. this is abbie dorn. shes been like this for four years. watch her eyes. can you look at me? look over here, abbie. can you blink yes for me? blink...

Face-to-face talks start up, and when? joining us now is the former israeli ambassador to the united nations and fox news contributor dan gillerman who joins us from tel aviv. good morning, ambassador, for the talks to start someone has to blink. who will? and when could it happen? >> good morning, eric. good to be with you again. i dont think it is a matter of blinking. on the contrary. i think it is a matter of keeping your eyes wide open and realizing how dangerous and ugly the world and the ...

Abbey and daniel got the news. they were having triplets. abbeys mom, susan. >> really felt that it was the beginning of a very good stable, happy life. >> reporter: there were no signs during her pregnancy that things would go terribly wrong. abbies father. >> we didnt know anything about this until three hours after it happened. >> reporter: during delivery, abbie lost nearly two liters of blood, underwent a emergency hysterectomy. abbie survived, of course, though her brain was severely damag...

Say she can communicate, yes and no, by blinking. her ex-husband disagrees and says her blinking is simply spontaneous. it is not communicating. does this hurt at all, abbey? >> yes. >> that was a yes. >> you think shes communicating right now? >> oh, yeah. that was a yes. >> abbeys parents and her ex-husband says it matters whether her blinking is really communication. but you know the story youre about to hear is really more about three children and their mother and whether theyll ever see eac...

Abbie survived, of course, though her brain was severely damaged. the triplets, they were fine. today theyre 4 years old. were not showing you the faces because they are minors. abbie has not seen them since they were 1. her parents say she wants to, that she tells them that with her blinking. robert mccarthy is a therapist working with abbie. there have been some articles and some papers from her former husbands attorneys that have said that she was in a persistent vegetative state. do you agre...

Her name is abby dorn. this is her story. >> hey, abby. >> reporter: this is abby dorn. shes been like this for four years. watch her eyes. can you look at me? look over here, abbie. can you blink yes for me? blink yes. abbies parents, here with me, say she can communicate yes and no by blinking. her ex-husband disagrees and says her blinking is simply spontaneous. it is not communicating. does this hurt at all, abbie? you think shes communicating right now? >> that was a yes. >> reporter: abbie...

>> that was a yes. >> abbies parents and her ex-husband say it matters whether her blinking is really communication. but, you know, the story youre about to hear is really more about three children and their mother and whether theyll ever see each other again. this is how it began. eight years ago, abbie was 26. vibrant, happy. she was marrying daniel. their lives filled with nothing but joy and big dreams. they wanted to start a family. but children didnt come easily. it would take months of fe...

This next story, a "360 exclusive" will really make you think. it raises important issues about ties that bind parents and their children. it also shines a light on a gray area of medicine. its about unconditional love, unexpected tragedy and immeasurable unknowns. as a father and as a doctor, i can relate deeply to this story. at its center, a family torn apart, just when they thought they had achieved their dream. hey, abbie. >> this is abbie dorn. shes been like this for four years. watch her...

>> during delivery, abbie lost nearly two liters of blood, underwent an emergency hysterectomy and her most vital organ, her brain, was starved for oxygen for almost 20 minutes. abbie survived, of course. though her brain was severely damaged. the triplets were fine. today, theyre 4 years old. were not showing you their faces because they are minors. abbie has not seen them since they were 1. her parents say she wants to, that she tells them that with her blinking. robert mccarthy is a therapist...

This next story, a "360 exclusive" will really make you think. it raises important issues about the tie that is bind parents and their children. it also shines a light on a gray area of medicine. its about unconditional love, unexpected tragedy and immeasurable unknowns. as a father and as a doctor, i can relate deeply to this story. at its center, a family torn apart, just when they thought they had achieved their dream. hey, abbie. >> this is abbie dorn. shes been like this for four years. wat...