[boxerblues]

Dont get your hope up to high, some still have a hard time even calling it a baby.

"Feinstein said that by defining when life begins, the bill was "the first step in removing a woman's right to choice, particularly in the early months of a pregnancy before viability." She said it could also chill embryonic stem cell research. "

[Socratic]

"before viability"

Remember the early days of the abortion debate when viability was the key term? After all, who would EVER be so heartless as to abort a child if it ever had the LEAST chance of surviving on its own! It sure didn't take long to sidestep that little moral qualm, did it?

[grellis]

Feinstein said that by defining when life begins, the bill was "the first step in removing a woman's right to choice, particularly in the early months of a pregnancy before viability."

If there is one thing I cannot stand, its the viability argument. Christopher Reeve can't viably live unassisted ex-utero but I doubt I have the right to terminate him.

But, then, he's not my kid.