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The hospital misinterpreted it, because marlise can't be brought back to life. >> i don't see how we can use a provision of the law that talks about treating or not treating a patient in a case where we really don't have a patient. >> attorneys for the family revealed that despite a heart beat, the fetus inside marlise is distinctly abnormal, saying "even at this early stage, the lower extremities are deformed to the extent that the gender cannot be determined." after more than two months, a judge orders the hospital to declare marlise munoz dead and withdraw life support. the hospital says it...

But the public debate over a texas law cited by the hospital, her family's wishes, and the unborn child continues. joining me now, robert lewinsky, digital managing editor for "the dallas morning news" and tom mayo, of smu, who helped write the texas law about life support and pregnant patients. thank you, gentlemen, for your time. >> thank you for having us. >> good to be here. >> tom, the hospital statement in the end, they said the hospital had followed what it believed were the demands of the state statute from the onset, and jps, john peter smith, has said its role was not to make nor con...