That's the 'ethical' line in our un-ethical society. :-(
But I think the medical/legal line between fetus and baby is that first breath. That's why Geragos had to abandon his proof of Conner's being born... the lungs were liquified.
Premmies are still babies, even if the mom abandon's it in the hospital. Stillborns are forever fetuses, though, although babies who breathe and then die are babies.
We're playing around with questions like how many angels dance on the head of a pin. ;-/ I think we both agree that at conception a baby starts growing. The lawyers have to have a point at which abortion becomes murder.
I was talking to my daughter earlier that I think Laci was too appealing for the ghouls to spend much time arguing that Conner was pregnancy tissue. I wonder if this young woman will become the abortion lovers' poster child? Hope not.
Very sad all around, but it's nice to see them all squirm as they try to deny the obvious.
Pinz
Actually from the medical perspective , they refer to newborns as neonates.