[Go Gordon]

While this is good news it is also true that Justice Scalia does not see the unborn as legal persons as understood in the Fourteenth Amendment.

However, Roe v Wade set the bar at the point in time the fetus can surviveoutside the womb, even with mechanical assistance, the fetus is protected. Why doesn't some group of doctors/lawyers get together and define in terms of weeks, just when that is? I'm sure there is data out there where women give birth prematurely, the age of the fetus, and the survival data. Remember, when a woman gives birth to a premie, and wants that baby like most parents love their kids, the medical professions moves mountains to get that baby to survive.

[Jim Noble]

21 weeks - zero
22 weeks- 2%
23 weeks - 10-40%
24 weeks - 40-70%
25 weeks - 50-80%
26 weeks - 90%

How does this help address the issue? Survival is increasing across this time frame 3-4% PER DAY - and the dates are only accurate +/- a week.

[cpforlife.org]

Actually Gordon, on the day Roe was decided another related case, Doe v Bolton was too. It dealt with the “health of the mother” which can mean anything.

The two cases mean effectively that States may allow, if they wish, abortion up until the end of the ninth month of pregnancy, till the due date. There are many abortionists who specialize in late 3rd trimester abortions. Goggle George Tiller of Wichita