Originally Posted by GTStinger

My 38 year old thought process.
Consensus view is that killing a newborn is wrong. The child has a right to live.
Most people are opposed to late-term abortion because of the inconsistency that an unborn delivered at 30 weeks has rights but an unborn aborted a 31 weeks doesn't have rights.
Therefore, the majority view is that at some point in the womb a transition is made from fetus to child. Where is that point? There are cases of successful deliveries as early as 23 weeks. Choosing a point in the pregnancy where life begins is hubris. If society picks a point too late, then it is guilty of allowing the death of all children aborted between the selected date and the actual moment the unborn becomes a person.
Once the egg is fertilized, attaches and begins to grow, the natural downhill path is delivery of a person with rights. That is why I believe society should define life at the earliest possible date.

As to my personal experience. I have a wonderful 4 yr old daughter that was delivered at 32 weeks (3lbs. 2oz). I also had twin boys stillborn at 28 weeks when a blood vessel in the placenta suddenly connected artery to vein. There was a good chance they could have survived if delivered a couple days earlier. After holding those perfectly formed babies in my arms, I am certain they were children not fetuses.