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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 family's wishes. >> we've reached the point where you wish that your wife's 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 woman's ability to be disconnected from life support if they are pregnant regardless of the patient or the family's directive. eric munoz and his wife are paramedics and end of life issues is something they talked about often. >> we've ...

>> all right. ed lavendara joins us live in ft. worth. what's next for the family? where do they go from here? >> reporter: we've learned today that eric munoz now has two lawyers that he's working with in this case. i had a chance to speak with those attorneys this afternoon. they say they're researching the law and that they're trying to figure out the legal strategy that they want to take to have eric's wishes complied with here. but that they're still researching that and they're not exactly sure what path they will take legally. but i think one thing is clear. this will end up in the cour...

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>> reporter: among them, bobby shouldn't 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 husband's 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 can't imagine any mother would want to hend end the life of her baby. >> reporter: the husband, eric munoz, says don't know how lo...

But marlese munoz's 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 can not. so here, it appears that the statute may actually be too broad. the statute needs some exc...