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Was brain-dead and would never recover. her body is now connected to a ventilator inside this ft. worth, texas hospital despite her familys wishes. >> weve reached the point where you wish that your wifes body would stop. >> reporter: the hospital refuses to unplug the ventilators because munoz is pregnant. and texas is one of about 30 states that restrict a womans ability to be disconnected from life support if they are pregnant regardless of the patient or the familys directive. eric munoz and...

>> all right. ed lavendara joins us live in ft. worth. whats next for the family? where do they go from here? >> reporter: weve learned today that eric munoz now has two lawyers that hes working with in this case. i had a chance to speak with those attorneys this afternoon. they say theyre researching the law and that theyre trying to figure out the legal strategy that they want to take to have erics wishes complied with here. but that theyre still researching that and theyre not exactly sure wh...

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>> reporter: among them, bobby shouldnt letter of terri schiavo had her feeding tube removed in 2005 in a public controversial legal battle this situation is different from that one. schindler says the texas hospital can honor husbands wishes to take his wife off life-support after the baby is born. >> texas law is giving the benefit of the doubt, in this case to the unborn baby and, we must do that. we must protect lives of unborn children. in fact, as i said, i cant imagine any mother would wa...

But marlese munozs husband, eric says she did not want to be kept alive. eric wants her taken off life-support, even though unborn baby, five months old in utero has a beating heart. one former federal prosecutor not involved in the case, this situation may point out problems with the texas law. >> one of more difficult aspects of this case is the government being involved in this decision. where you have a family that wants the termination of life and government, via, a statute saying that you ...

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