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Rules that they say are preventing their child from getting a life-saving lung transplant. sarah murnaghan is just 10 years old. if she was 12, her parent say she would be getting the help she needs. her doctors say she only has a few weeks to live if she does not get a lung transt. now her parents are hoping a court will step in and force kathleen sebelius to do what the parents say is the right thing. joining me n discuss it, arthur and joan, fo prosecutow defense attorney. we just got this it's the press release that -- yeah, go ahead. >> what i see, what they're challenging is that th unde...

>> it's driven to us speak out. >> the parents say doctors are working with medical centers in the area that might be able to make an exception. we reached out to the hospital where the girl has been since february. so far we have not received any type of statement. we have a approximating physician and anesthesiologist. triage is the sickest first, and if she is the sickest, who cares how old she is? >> unfortunately we have a system that has failed to keep up with technology and common sense. an example is up until recentlying are organs were transplanted to people on a first come perfect se...

20-pounds cannot receive lungs from a 200-pound man. >> but that's different. now you can. these kidses under 12 can get lungs from adults, and so it changes the whole game. the policy is not cut -- the numbers are astounding because kids under the age 106, there were only 20 lung transplants, over the age of 12, more than 1600. so clearly, as you get older, your odd goes up. but if this girl can accept lungs it should be a common sense thing given to her. >> previously it was a size issue but modern technology allows for a small section of the lung to be transplanted. so she no longer has a m...