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and human services kathleen sebelius is facing some serious backlash after saying she will not intervene in the case of this ten-year-old girl from pennsylvania who is in dire need of a lung transplant. you ve seen this story really all over our air, it s gained national attention and now the response from the secretary of health and human services. molly henneberg is live in our d.c. bureau with more on this. reporter: secretary sebelius says lawyers at health and human services say she cannot intervene, she can only ask for a review of the transplant procedures, which she has done. but critics say by the time that review is done sarah mernahan will be dead. she is in the end stage of cystic fibrosis with potentially weeks to live unless she gets a lung transplant. she is ten years old. and because she is 10 she is only eligible for a pediatric lung and they aren t available very often. if sarah were 12 years old she could get on the list for an adult lung, and that often does

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