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In texas to butt out and let this family make their own decisions and handle this privately. this is a private medical decision and it should be left in the hands of this -- her husband to whom she had expressed her wishes about never being kept on life support. >> except in the state of texas, if you are pregnant, even if you have a dnr, if you're pregnant, the dnr gets overridden. that is the law. >> although it's not clear if that means if you are actually brain dead or if you're in a persistent vegetative state or in a coma. >> two experts said the law was not intended to cover technically...

Could decide the fate of this brain dead woman's unborn baby, now that her husband is suing to have her removed from the machines that keep the fetus alive. according to the woman's family, doctors declared her brain dead after she collapsed nearly two months ago. at the time she was 14 weeks pregnant. officials say the law in texas is perfectly clear, and i quote, a person may not withdraw or withhold life sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient. but the family's lawsuit claims that breathing machines are not life sustaining because the patient is all right dead and has been dead for mon...

Support. don't ever do that. this is not life support. >> no. >> this woman is dead. a dead body is carrying a fetus and has been for two months and her husband says my wife, whom i love told me don't ever do this to me under any circumstances and i'm going to fight for what my wife wanted. >> great point, shep. and it's great that you made this distinction between this mother and terri schiavo. >> this woman is dead. >> doctors are saying it's not a persistent vegetative state, this is a woman who is brain dead. that's what the lawyers are arguing. the law is very clear that you keep a pregna...

>> although it's not clear if that means if you are actually brain dead or if you're in a persistent vegetative state or in a coma. >> two experts said the law was not intended to cover technically dead individuals. our compassion must go out to the family as this goes through the judicial system, as this fetus continues to develop and the family continues to suffer and this woman continues to be dead. >> the whole aspect of legality and life is really extreme obviously and so many people have so many passionate ideas ant it. in belgium, it's just become the first country where the senate has ...

Up the whole gun control issue. britain, australia, they've had their massacres and they interacted sensible gun control and they haven't had any since. i talked to the prime minister, and she said, here's the difference. it's about leadership when it comes to gun issues. but the system is different. in australia, voting and elections is compulsory. that means that everybody goes. it means that politics are in the main screen and therefore sensible -- >> let's not go down the gun control debate. in terms of this woman, would it make a difference to you if -- the fact that she's brain dead, doe...