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Old 08-16-2007, 05:09 PM   #303
Undertoad
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Originally Posted by rkzenrage View Post
As for those of you talking about "viability" does that mean every time science allows us to keep a child alive earlier and earlier outside the mother the definition of fetus moves?
This is not really an unexpected outcome. Science and progress often lead to legal redefinition, and this would be particularly true for the beginning and end of life: points in time where the stakes are very high, and the science so likely to change things.
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