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Take place in terms of affecting her prognosis. it's a tough thing to hear, a tough thing to say, frankly, but that's the truth when it comes to brain death. we are talking about death. this is just another term for it. >> i mean, is brain death different than a persistent vegetative state or being in a coma? >> techniciit is, and i know yoe reporting on this as well, anderson, people who have seemingly recovered from deep comas. >> right. >> this is different, and terms matter here. people can be in a coma and still have brain activity. they can be in a persistent vegetative state and still h...

Seeing in this case, the family won't accept, it tries to allow for reasonable accommodation in other instances, sometimes you want to wait for the family to come. there's no challenge legally medically or ethically to brain death. >> what about -- let me challenge you, on a human level. if that's your young child, i believe whether it was right for reaction, some reaction to what's being said in a room, i would be doing absolutely everything in my power to try to make a miracle happen. why should we be stopping this family from being in that position? >> you know, i'll answer this this way. i...

That's the truth when it comes to brain death, we are talking about death. this is just another term for it. >> is brain death different than a persistent vegetative state or being in a coma? >> it is. i know you've done some reporting on this as well, people who have cox and seemingly recovered from comas, this is different. and terms matter here, people can be in a coma and still have brain activity. they can be? a persistent vegetative state. there is no brain activity. the higher brain functions as well as the lower brain functions which control your reflexes in terms of breathing, control...

Child alive, who is already dead? >> the new jersey statute by the way doesn't challenge brain death, it simply says a hospital can try to accommodate the acceptance and that's what we're seeing in this case, the family won't accept, it tries to allow for reasonable accommodation in other instances, sometimes you want to wait for the family to come. there's no challenge legally medically or ethically to brain death. >> what about -- let me challenge you, on a human level. if that's your young child, i believe whether it was right for reaction, some reaction to what's being said in a room, i wo...

Position? >> you know, i'll answer this this way. it's precisely because parents are never going to proceed, what parent would give up. what relative who loved their family members who give up? it's physicians who have to make the call when death comes. you need that independent arbiter to say, the heart has stopped, or the brain has totally ceased to function, that's death. that's what they're expert at, that's what the legislatures give them the ability to do. if we left it up to you and me grieving over our families, who's going to say give up? >> there's another case in texas which is fasc...