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That keeps children younger than 12 from being prioritized to get adult lungs. the injunction is valid for just ten days. sarah's parents have said their daughter may only have a few weeks to live if she did you want get new lungs. the father says it's only fair those with the most severe problems should have access. and he's pretty excited about this. watch. >> if there's another adult who is more severe who has a higher lung allocation score, they will still get their lungs first. it's just now sarah will have an opportunity to not have to wait for every adult no matter what their score is t...

Her name is sarah american ahan. doctors say she will die possibly within weeks. sarah has been waiting for more than 18 months for donor lungs from another child. it's a fact that pediatric lungs are scarce, scarcer than lungs from adult donors. here is another hard fact. children younger than 12, including sara, no matter how sick they are, face a steep hurdle when it comes to getting adult lungs. the current transplant rules prevent them from being prioritized from being on the waiting list for adult lungs. sarah's parents filed a lawsuit. and a judge signed a court order removing that hurd...

Than 18 months for donor lungs from another child. it's a fact that pediatric lungs are scarce, scarcer than lungs from adult donors. here is another hard fact. children younger than 12, including sarah, no matter how sick they are, face a steep hurdle when it comes to getting adult lungs. the current transplant rules prevent them from being prioritized on the waiting list for adult lungs. sarah's parents filed a lawsuit. and a judge signed a court order removing that hurdle for sarah for the next ten days. here is exclusive video of sarah reacting to the news. >> woo! woo! woo! woo. >> she's ...

Dying 10 year old girl who had been denied access to the adult lung transplant list. she was on the child one, but not the adult one because she's only 10. you have to be 12. a judge has stepped in, allowing her to be eligible to for lungs, should they become available. the news raises some very difficult issues about these transplant rules. if sara gets a transplant, somebody else would be bumped down the list, potentially denying them a life saving operation. and some bioet cysts have come out questioning the decision in the case. joining me now, a bioet cyst. i want to ask you about this. t...

Say she will die possibly within weeks. sarah has been waiting for more than 18 months for donor lungs from another child. it's a fact that pediatric lungs are scarce, scarcer than lungs from adult donors. here is another hard fact. children younger than 12, including sarah, no matter how sick they are, face a steep hurdle when it comes to getting adult lungs. the current transplant rules prevent them from being prioritized on the waiting list for adult lungs. sarah's parents filed a lawsuit. to change that policy. and just a short time ago, a federal judge signed a court order removing that h...