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Originally Posted by Dylan 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 | First of all, you've already stated that you will kill the unborn baby any day and any way, if it is of convenience to the pregnant woman. Therefore, your arguments are rather meaningless to me. You've already justified murder. Period.
Second, your "certain" versus "questionable" human argument is pure BS. Being pregnant does NOT kill a woman. In fact, it RARELY does. With modern medicine, it ALMOST NEVER does. Can you even tell me when you last heard of a woman dying because of pregnancy and/or child-birth? I know you'll scrape up something on some NARAL site, but it's still BS. It virtually NEVER happens in the US.
Third, you're posting medical percentages based on CURRENT information. I already said that I'm talking about 10-20 years down the road. Why does that matter? Because we're currently saving pre-mature babies that, just 20 years ago, were not able to live.
Last edited by Jefferson; 05-09-2006 at 05:06 PM.
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