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That's the definition pro-abortion people have evolved when they kept finding themselves losing the narrative they want people to believe. The Oxford Dictionary defines it- unviable - not capable of working successfully; not feasible. Chickens are about the only animals viable right out of the womb (egg) so to speak, most other animals die pretty quickly without nurture. The left has a propensity to change definitions when they see their intellectual points are being refuted- for example a cycle of warm winters fit the narrative of Global Warming, when that cycle ended as they always do, it became Climate Change, now that a few unsettled climate scientists have been able to show contrary data (Dr. John Christy comes to mind with his research that proved physical damage from weather... excuse me... climate events had actually declined. The chicken littles who make their living off of doom and disaster viciously attacked this honorable scholar for scuttling their cash cow so unmercifully, attacking him personally, not his data, that he swore off anything to do with the clowns again). The next battle cry will probably be EXTREME WEATHER er uh CLIMATE! You will find cases of extreme weather every day somewhere in the world to shore up the agenda. If you are losing, change the rules. It's the leftist way.

I explained few creatures are viable without help at birth. Having witnessed the births of thousands of pigs, hundreds of calves, dozens up lambs, countless puppies, kittens, thousands of chickens (I grew up on a farm) and a few human beings every creature is unviable without some assistance. For example, a calf that isn't nurtured by the cow is dead in a short time without human intervention, same with pigs and puppies and people.

Understood, NY now makes it legal literally up to the moment of birth, and then the Virginia Governor is saying he'd like to allow a woman in labor to have the baby then decide with her physician if she wants to kill it. Slippery slopes are dangerous- right or left.
And yes thousands of pigs- we had 150 sows,with a 12 pig weaning average, 2 1/2 litters a year or so. My Dad was a former college professor turned hog whisperer. Our weaning average was high because he was adamant we attended farrowing- the term for a sow giving birth. We would lose pigs, have stillborns, a lot of different things that shaped my view of life and the power of the will to live. Vegans might be upset with me for my history, but I figured out at a young age that if they weren't raised for food, they would never exist. It was kind of hard at times because little compares to a pig and the joy they have in living.

Like you I try to be skeptical when extreme stuff like this hits. European news sources were playing the actual recording of an interview where he said this. It's one thing to believe it, another to express something so cruel and radical publicly, and then maybe present it as good public policy. Medicine is advancing so rapidly in many areas, that a bad diagnosis today is curable tomorrow. I thought life as I knew it was over when I nearly died a couple times from a rare form of adult onset asthma. 2 years later a new biologic medication was approved and with one injection a month I have no asthma symptoms, still have asthma, just "very well controlled". The Jerusalem Post just published an article where medical researchers announced they have found a cure for cancer!. Not just one type, not just put it in remission, a cure. Now for government approvals and big pharma resistance, but the science behind it is fascinating. Slippery slope advocates have long warned that genetic research may show an unborn child has a "cancer prone" gene and a decision is taken to end the life so that being won't potentially suffer sometime in the future. Developments like this change the future. Gay activists realized the potential peril if a "gay gene" was discovered and a negative value attributed to it would result in selective abortions. I understand your views on abortion, I think you understand why I would rather let nature take it's course and err on the side of human potential. thanks Octavia. Hope you're running Florida and not the Midwest- I'm stuck in the PA-NJ vortex (no NYC they said, Secaucus is not NYC they said)