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Originally Posted by Dezzy
Abortion is abortion, I'm not uncomfortable with it, it is what it is and it's a necessary part of life for a lot of people and we shouldn't interfere or make it harder for people who have to go through with it.
I just think it muddies the issue to class a fetus that can't exist outside the womb as alive. Babies survive quite regularly at 30+ weeks but unless the fetus is lucky, it's not likely to survive at the earliest possible times of birth because the science isn't quite there to make it viable yet because more babies die than live when they are delivered that early. As I said to Zizu, when science and technology progresses to a point where younger fetuses can be viably delivered consistently, I'll shift my definition but as things stand, I don't consider a fetus below 30 weeks to be alive.
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Could you personally induce a pregnancy at 29 weeks and 6 days and sit back and watch that baby die knowing full well that with minimal intervention it would live?