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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who gets to decide viable/non-viable?

Sounds “death panel”-y to me[/quote]

You ask Science -- ever heard of her?

"According to studies between 2003 and 2005, 20 to 35 percent of babies born at 23 weeks of gestation survive, while 50 to 70 percent of babies born at 24 to 25 weeks, and more than 90 percent born at 26 to 27 weeks, survive."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_viability

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A good recent article:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/pro-life-pro-science/549308/

"Scientific progress is remaking the debate around abortion. When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, the case that led the way to legal abortion, it pegged most fetuses’ chance of viable life outside the womb at 28 weeks; after that point, it ruled, states could reasonably restrict women’s access to the procedure. Now, with new medical techniques, doctors are debating whether that threshold should be closer to 22 weeks. Like McGuire, today’s prospective moms and dads can learn more about their baby earlier into a pregnancy than their parents or grandparents. And like McGuire, when they see their fetus on an ultrasound, they may see humanizing qualities like smiles or claps, even if most scientists see random muscle movements."

What is “death panel”-y is to send viable babies to execution no-questions-asked.
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Who is footing the bill for all those procedures to keep premature babies "viable?" And then the care that is almost always present after they make it out of the hospital? And by care I mean the financial support and emotional care these babies need?  I know several kids who were born VERY prematurely, some have lifelong disabilities and for the one or two that do not, that first year of life was no walk in the park.

If society isn't going to pony up to provide the support and care for these babies -any babies, actually- and their parents, you can just STFU about what is humane, kind, or in support of life. And equally STFU about what you are asking other people to take on in life while you just get to sit by in judgment. [/quote]

Exactly

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