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Originally Posted by koop
Why is "up to the point of viability" the finishing line and indeed what exactly is "viability." Humans aren't born fully formed and functioning. Should a mother choose not to feed a kid it dies. I guess you could make the argument that we aren't viable until we can actually go out and secure food and shelter for ourselves.
Eliminate "viability" and I think this argument was put forth more succinctly as "I brought you into this world and I can take you out"  |
By viability I meant capable of surviving with the help of another person, outside the mother's body. I thought it was relevant because at that point, other people's will to keep a child alive become much more easily applicable. They don't have to coerce the mother to do anything the mother doesn't want to do.
I think your close on the succinct version, although I was intending, "I decided to bring you into this world, and I can decide not to go thru with it." I think that's different from 'I can take you out'.