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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
because they can be given up for adoption at that point. unless you believe that society has the right to impose temporary involuntary servitude, the difference is relevant.
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I don't see how this is relevant, or how the viability test is justifyable. We are using viability as the dividing line between the rights at issue, right? Pre-viability, the woman's right to chose outweighs the fetus' (or whatever the technical term is) rights. But what is so significant about viability? The fact that the fetus no longer needs to be stuck to the mother's uterous to survive means what? And why is that different than having a tube down it's throat in the ICU?
