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Originally Posted by Jefferson You haven't answered my question, have you?
Is it a baby at 5-months' gestation? Keep in mind that the "baby/fetus" can live outside the womb at that point.
Is it a baby at 5-months' gestation?
And what about 20 years from now, when babies at 3-months' gestation are living outside the womb? Will they be "humans" then?
Your answers, please! | Neither of us could possibly answer th e first two questions. A certain human is more important than a questionable one. If you can scientifically prove with some sort of scientific criteria that the whatever is a baby, or isn't a baby, then by all means, do so. Until you can prove it's human, you shouldn't be able to condemn people for drawing their own conclusions about their own bodies, and making their own decisions.
As for the last question, babies who are born six months early rarely survive. If they do, they usually face complications like blindness, mental retardation, brain damage, respiratory difficulties, and heart problems, among other problems.
Here is a chart for survival changes, assuming that the parents have enough money to pay the medical bills.
* 21 weeks or less: 0% survival rate
* 22 weeks: 0-10% survival rate
* 23 weeks: 10-35% survival rate
* 24 weeks: 40-70% survival rate
* 25 weeks: 50-80% survival rate
* 26 weeks: 80-90% survival rate
* 27 weeks: greater than 90% survival rate |