dr. masterson. dr. masterson, we talked about this a little bit last night after we learned the fetus seems to have medical problems. you say there is little research of fetuses surviving in the womb after the mother is brain-dead, that it is difficult to replicate the conditions of the female body with machines. if that's the case, then the longer this goes on, the more difficult it becomes, correct? >> correct. actually, it's a very tragic situation, because even if it is prolonged, just like i said before, the fetus probably will have -- the baby will probably have some defects. definitely, if it actually lives. the question, as we said before, is that this is still a woman's choice, and we don't know if she would still do anything in her power to have this baby live or to try and sustain this baby, and that's what the court is trying to determine, if she did. now, there is a time clock, because actually, roe versus wade, the state comes in at 24 weeks, because then the fetus is deemed viable. so, tha

dr. masterson. doctor we talked about this last night when we learned the fetus seems to have a whole host of medical problems. you say there's not much ability for the fetus to live after the mother dice. if that's the case, the longer this goes on the more difficult it becomes, correct? >> correct. actually, it's a very tragic situation. because even if it is prolonged just like i said before, the fetus probably will have -- the baby will probably have some defects. definitely if it actually lives. the question as we said before is that this is still a woman's choice, a choice. and we don't know if she would still do anything in her power to have this baby live or to sustain this baby. and that's what the court is trying to determine. if she did. now, there is a time clock. because actually with roe versus wade, the state comes in at 24 weeks. because then the fetus is deemed viable. so that's why this is an emergent sort of court situation. because right now they're still taking the mother's righ

dr. masterson, this is disturbing stuff but it may impact this court ruling. the fetus's lower extremities are deformed to the extent that gender can't be determined. apparently the fetus also suffers from water on the brain, hydro cephalus. and a possible heart problem. i think fluid on the brain not water. can you explain these issues how serious they are, what it means? >> they're very serious for the fetus. actually just the fetus. we don't have that many studies of fetuses living in mothers who are brain-dead that actually do well without any problems at all. usually because of the setting, it's very different to replicate the female physiology with machines. and so they're usually born with -- if they're born alive, they're usually born with some kind of deformities, anyway. so the fact that it's starting off with these things that they've seen, they can also do blood tests and they can also check the am knee niotic fluid. but even if the baby had no deformities at all, there's a very low chance that it actually would be born without some form of deformi

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