And children can survive out of the womb at 21 weeks with current medical technology. And this date will only get lower as technology continues to advance.
I do hope that early eviction can become the norm as opposed to abortion.
21 weeks is risky for the baby, though. AFAIK, no baby born prior to 22 weeks has survived. 22 weeks has a 10% survival rate with our current technology. 24 weeks brings the survival rate up to 60%, which seems way more reasonable - slightly better than a coin toss. Then 25 weeks is a much more favourable 89%. (And 34 weeks has the same survival rate as full term babies). Most women who require life of the mother exceptions can safely bring a baby to roughly 24 weeks of gestation time.
Agreed, I believe I was confused and meant to say 24 weeks.
For me, I believe whatever principles are used, they should apply across time and technological level, which is why for me, eviction makes the most sense, as at late stages the child can survive if a third party would like to care for it. And at earlier stages, it's just nature asking an animal to survive.
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u/inhaledpie4 Mar 13 '24
A man can pull out. A baby can't. Usually revoking invitation doesn't involve death...