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Intervene. >> somebody needs to stand up and say this isn't right. this is a human issue. this isn't politics. this is a human issue. >> reporter: even though sarah's at the top of the child's transplant list in her region and has been waiting for 18 months, federal guidelines disqualify her for an adult lung until she's 12, unless every other adult on the waiting list turns down a donor lung. in an e-mail obtained by cnn, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius told sarah's parents, she's not authorized to intervene, but is ordering a transplant policy review, adding, quote, i k...

Override, sarah's parents fear she's been left to die. here's susan candiotti. >> reporter: sarah's lungs are getting weaker and weaker. the 10-year-old with cystic fibrosis is now in intensive care. wise beyond her years, sarah knows she needs a transplant and is in a battle for her life. >> no, i'm never going to, never, never. >> reporter: sarah's parents also are not quitting, frustrated because friday, the federal government refused to intervene. >> somebody needs to stand up and say this isn't right. this is a human issue. this isn't politics. this is a human issue. >> reporter: even tho...

Like i said, while it's a human issue, i think there sometimes just need to be a cap and am i completely satisfied with it? not necessarily, i haven't read it obviously so i don't know, i can't speak on it. but i think, as long as it's a pathway, as long as it's a first step and we're all on the same page, i think we can be happy with it if we work well with it. >> another element in this, patrick, the bill expected to have a heavy focus on work skills, more opportunities perhaps would be based on that very issue. you own a business at the moment. now the focus on work skills means there may n...

>> does this leave you very confused, if you will, elena, about the political discussion that we have been watching so carefully in washington, d.c. and what you may want from it? >> no, i'm not at all confused. i think maybe people think that about me, but i know exactly what my morals are. i was -- i -- i was not only raised with them, but now that i'm an adult, i can tell you that those are my personal views. i'm not at all confused, i believe this is a human issue that a lot of conservatives care about. it's very human. this bill is very human and it involves very human rights, basic right...

Most or all cases. >> this gives the rnc a chance to reassure social conservatives even though the winds are blowing against them on gay marriage, on abortion the republican party is in the fight for the long run. >> one more thing here. i spoke with the rnc about this and they say this is not a party issue. it's not a republican base issue. it's a human issue and they say anyone who heard this testimony would find it, quote, repugnant. but the official i spoke with also said that when conservatives see the rnc holding the left accountable on issues like this it's also good for the party. ther...