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Designed by proxy to deal with the abortion issue in texas. that's what it is. so all they're trying to do here in texas in this hospital is they're misreading the law number one. they're trying to get the fetus to a period of time where or a point at which there's going to be an issue. these lawyers obviously, i think, are the lawyers for the family -- >> how are they misreading the law? >> you're saying the law is written for -- you're saying they're misreading the law the law is for people in a persistent vegetative state or comma not brain-dead. >> right. in every state-of-the-union this w...

Does it matter whether the fetus is alive or not in your opinion? >> no it doesn't. obviously this is a law that was designed by proxy to deal with the abortion issue in texas. that's what it is. so all they're trying to do here in texas in this hospital is they're misreading the law number one. they're trying to get the fetus to a period of time where or a point at which there's going to be an issue. these lawyers obviously, i think, are the lawyers for the family -- >> how are they misreading the law? >> you're saying the law is written for -- you're saying they're misreading the law the law...

>> so make it plain, what is the law? how does it read? >> if somebody is in a persistent vegetative state, in a coma, not when somebody is clinically dead. you can't say we're talking about life support, when every state in the union defines her as dead. >> do you think this will be reversed in a court? >> i don't know. i think particularly in texas, where there is this intense opposition to abortion and anything that would limit the life of a fetus, i wouldn't want to predict how this would come out. >> how can a dead person bring a live baby to birth? >> there are two categories of death. b...

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...

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...