07-07-2015, 01:48 PM
(07-07-2015, 12:49 PM)PhilHos Wrote: No human baby can survive on its own. Regardless of when he or she is born. So, if your only criteria for support of abortion is survivability, then let me assure you that no human child born ever was able to survive without some kind of assistance from its parents and/or caretakers.
Thus, you'll probably redefine "survive" to being able to breathe on its own or pump its own blood. Well, guess what, most babies born prematurely require some medical assistance in order to "survive". My youngest was born a month early and required an incubator. She also had jaundice and required an UV blanket. I know of other premature babies that required ventilators as well.
And what about those that are born full term but still require assistance due to some kind of illness or birth defect? It's okay to kill them because they can't survive on their own? C'mon now.
I knew the argument about the premature births and unhealthy newborns would come up, which is why in my post I specified healthy, normal infants. There are any number of variables you can throw in there, but then you just generate false equivalencies. A healthy, full term newborn/infant can breath, circulate blood, and intake nutrition without the aid of medical equipment. A fetus prior to the third trimester, if removed from the womb, would require medical assistance for these things, guaranteed. What's not a guarantee is that even with those advances in medical technology that it would survive.
Full term in comparison with a fetus up to about week 24, everything else constant, the fetus is going to die without medical intervention. It's even likely to die with medical intervention up until about week 24.
