A Thought About Abortion

Touchy subject, I know. And I am not hear to stir things up and get ever buddy all ticked off. But I saw this story and wanted to comment:

World's Smallest Baby Goes Home

Seems that a baby was recently born weighing 8.6 ounces and she delivered by c-section at 26 weeks of pregnancy. I guess she's doing fine and that's great.

Now, it is my understanding that in most places in the USA, abortions are performed on demand at up to the 24th week of pregnancy - in some rare cases even after that. This is well into the 2nd trimester of pregnancy.

I am not making judgments here - but I note that it would appear that only 14 days separate what many of us would call an abortion and a live child being delivered - although of course this situation is rare and much medical attention was required for the baby to survive. Still, this baby is alive, and apparently well enough to go home. She is not a fetus, she is a human being. Ending her life now would be what we commonly call murder.

14 days, people.

In 14 days, a thing becomes a person, apparently. Somewhere in that time frame, a threshold is passed, and what would otherwise be a woman exercising her right to choose what is contained in her body becomes...what?

My conclusions is simple and hopefully non-political. I note only that with future advances in medical technology, it seems inevitable that the 'earliest date' of survival will be pushed back further and further. I ask if the commonly-accepted dates of abortion-on-demand will be pushed back to match these new borders? If not, then what?

Keep Smiling,

Wiggy