could decide the fate of this brain dead woman's unborn baby, now that her husband is suing to have her removed from the machines that keep the fetus alive. according to the woman's family, doctors declared her brain dead after she collapsed nearly two months ago. at the time she was 14 weeks pregnant. officials say the law in texas is perfectly clear, and i quote, a person may not withdraw or withhold life sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient. but the family's lawsuit claims that breathing machines are not life sustaining because the patient is all right dead and has been dead for months. that's the difference between brain death and a so-called persistent vegetative state. remember the terri schiavo case in 2005. doctors said she was in a persistent vegetative state. but when doctors diagnose a