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What, if anything, would you respond to someone who posts a pro-life video of a supposed 15 week fetus alive in its mother's arms?

Asked by jca (36062points) November 2nd, 2016

I realize once it’s born, it’s no longer a fetus, it’s a baby. I’m calling it a fetus so you don’t think I’m talking about a fifteen week old baby.

Someone on FB posted a video (pro life video) of a baby named Jaxon that was fifteen weeks old. It was placed on top of a blanket (not tightly wrapped like babies are in the maternity ward) and it was to “prove” that a fetus (baby) is a living thing at 15 weeks old.

I commented that I don’t believe the video is accurate because at fifteen weeks after conception, if the baby were to be born, it wouldn’t survive without being hooked up to breathing apparatus, monitors, etc. in an incubator.

Someone wrote “are you a neonatal doctor? I believe it would survive because with GOD all things are possible.”

I considered writing something sarcastic, like if all things are possible I’d like a raise and a bigger house, and then I said to myself “Self, what are you doing? You have a personal policy of trying to avoid arguing on the internet so let this one go.” I wrote “that’s great” and left it.

What, if anything, would you respond to someone who posts a pro-life video of a 15 week old fetus outside the mother’s body, alive in its mother’s arms?

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