casey steegal is following the story live in our dallas newsroom. did doctors say this baby could be born healthy? >> shepard, yes it k i talked to dr. mark siegel earlier today, he's a member of the fox medical aid team, and he tells me if those doctors at john peter smith hospital in fundamentalist worth where it is all playing out wait a few more weeks until the fetus is at a viable state at around 24 to 26 weeks, it's possible that babe could be delivered by cesarean and live. right now the mother is at 21 weeks. however if there are alternative situations that we don't know about like an infection or interrupted blood flow to the fetus, the chances of the baby making it will be lower. >> every day at this hospital we have patients and families who have to make difficult decisions and in every one of those cases, our position is jps and the health care system does not change. we follow the law. >> the family's lawyer is not talking right now, they tell me they're waiting for their day in court now, shep. >> and this poor family caught in the middle of this decades long running battle between pro lifers and pro-choicers. >> there'