Lets have a hypothetical. A woman is 6 months pregnant and is in hospital. For reasons unknown, she is dying, and the only thing that can save her is to deliver the baby. However, if the fetus is delivered, it will die, as it is too small to survive, even with medical help. If the fetus is delivered, the woman will survive. For as long as the woman remains pregnant, she is dying. Do you deliver the baby, knowing it will die, or do you keep the woman alive (by machines) until the fetus is strong enough to be born? Do you consider the delivery of the premature fetus to be an abortion, seeing it will die?
I think this is pretty simple problem. If the pregnancy is threatening for the mother, then abortion is basically killing in self-defense. In such case, it does not matter how old a fetus is, or if its a person or not, you can kill even born persons is self-defense. Abortion for medical reasons should be legal all the way to the birth, it is a very different problem from elective abortion.
In all cases i am pro-mother and the OP mentions foetus , foetuses are not persons and it isnt right to let someone die in order some self replicating cells live.
6 month old baby in the womb and no way of keeping it alive.................where is the medicine being practiced in this hypothetical world?
I voted to save the woman, but in reality, I would vote to let the mother decide. However, there's a missing detail. Does keeping the woman connected to machines until the baby is healthy enough to be born cause the woman to die? Basically, will whatever medical issue this woman is having kill her before the baby can develop to the point that it will survive birth?
If the woman stays on the machines, the baby will be born alive, but she will die. She is also unable to say whether she wishes the baby to be saved or not. I'd love to know what the more 'extreme' pro lifers think.
