chris van horn has more on this controversial decision. >> reporter: the fate of munos and her unborn baby has brought protesters and legal action. her husband and her family say she would never have wanted to be kept on life support after being considered brain dead. jps said under state law they can't remove pregnant patients from life support. follow her wishes or let the fetus at 14 weeks in late november continue to live. >> it's a tragedy. and i think everybody should agree on that. that it's just a sad thing, indeed. >> dr. richard galvin is a philosophy professor who has taught medical ethics. while it's a tough set of circumstances, he doesn't think it's a difficult decision. >> this is not a case in which there's some sort of uncertainty about what the woman would want to have done. it's very clear in this case she has stated she does not want to have this done and the family c concurs. >> the family says the fetus is abnormal with variety of health concerns. >> it's piling on at this point. these are all considerations that peek against the hospital taking the action that i

nbc's chris van horn reports. >> reporter: the fate of marlisemmune yos and her unborn baby has brought protests and legal action. her family says she would never have wanted to be kept on life support after being considered brain-dead. jps toldmmune yos und munos und it can't remove life support for patients. it raises difficult legal and ethical questions. follow her directions or let the fetus at 14 weeks in late november, continue to live. >> it's a tragedy. i think everybody should agree to that. it's a sad thing somebody. >> reporter: dr. richard galvin is a philosophy professor who has taught medical ethics. while it's a tough set of circumstances, he doesn't think it's a difficult decision. >> this is not a case in which there is some uncertainty about what the woman would want to have done. it's very clear in this case that she has explicitly stated that she does not want to have this done. and the family concurs. >> reporter: the family's lawyer say the feet us is "distinctly abnormal" with a variety of health concerns. >> sort of like piling on at this point. these are all co