Pro abortion or not

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But by that logic the infant is no less "fully" alive then it is at the 23rd week since from this point on it has the potential to survive if born. Remember that even at 9 months the baby still only has potential to survive once born, so there's really not much difference except that with such a premature birth the infant needs more nursing to get it to full health.

This is what confuses me about your point of view. A normal, healthy, pregnancy is 38 weeks. Let's say a woman is 39 weeks pregnant - can she abort? Let's say a woman gives birth at 35 weeks - is Neonaticide okay? And did you read any of the links I posted - which relate to this publication?

I do want to make one thing very clear: you don't know my point of view. I believe there should be a cutoff point once the fetus becomes viable outside the womb too- varying for context, of course. The difference between your position and mine is that I recognize that what I believe should be the case isn't the issue here, because I'm not a woman, nor am I medically trained. Being that I have literally no experience in either of the two quadrants of experience relevant to this issue, I've opted to err on the side of freedom, and let the people who actually know what they're talking about determine the situation.

As Nora pointed out quite astutely, women are people, and this is an issue that concerns women; we should let women have the decision to themselves for the most part. Wouldn't you find it awfully strange if the group deciding what should happen to your testicles in a medical context consisted almost entirely of women?

Would you let people who aren't pilots determine air traffic and plane safety precautions?

So a foetus doesn't live in the real world, even if it is breathing and capable of surviving outside the womb?

See above.