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Who determines the viability though? I'm pretty sure there is no definite time period for each and every fetus. People have trouble with children carried to full term as it is.Brain waves are not a sign of life. Any ER medical personnel will tell you the same thing. The brain continues to work after you die in many cases.The problem you are having is using the phrase "human being" in place of "a life"...a blue print is not a house because it is just an idea without a physical foundation where has a fetus is the foundation for life...a blueprint is the equivalent of deciding to have or not have a baby, a foundation for a house is the equivalent a fetusTo me a fertilized egg is not yet a human being, any more than a blueprint is a house.
what about one minute before that? does a chicken or an insect have more rights than a human fetus? should they?A baby at birth is a person and has the right to live.
I believe brain waves start very early in the womb,[perhaps electronic brain waves is the correct term] and while a heartbeat may not be the same to you it is a sure sign of life...I lean pro-choice but make no phony claims of morality, it is for convenience purposes...if the law is changed then I will obey it.Somewhere between those two extremes is a line where abortions (except in very rare cases) should be banned. I'm not sure where that line is but it is our brains that make us different from any other animal, a heart is just not the same. Once that brain truly begins to function, that is a person. IMHO of course.
Life continues in the brain after people die, scientists find in shock study
"Canadian doctors in an intensive care unit appear to have observed a person's brain continuing to work even after they were declared clinically dead.
In the case, doctors confirmed their patient was dead through a range of the normal observations, including the absence of a pulse and unreactive pupils. But tests showed that the patients’ brain appeared to keep working – experiencing the same kind of brain waves that are seen during deep sleep."
IMO, viability is the line where restrictions on abortion begin.
True...but I think a reasonable assumption is good survival rates after 24 weeks? So that is third trimester. I think it's reasonable to begin restricting elective abortions at that point.
One caveat - get rid of the laws that make it difficult for women to get EARLY abortions. When you have one clinic in a huge state, with mandatory waiting periods requiring multiple visits etc - that can force a woman into an aborition later than she wanted.