Utah Woman Charged With Murdering Fetus

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Originally posted by dar512


Ah. Therein lies the story. I have the feeling that many people choose childbirth as the threshold because it's easy, observable, and allows them to have closure on the issue. I don't buy it.

Carl Sagan (RIP) had an article on this subject based on the development of the fetus and so forth. It was a while ago, but I think he decided that the beginning of the second trimester was the magic crossover spot. I don't know about that, but I do think birth is too late.

He probably based it on the fact that that is, approximately, when the fetus runs the risk of surviving outside of the mother if removed early.