re: #481 Throbert McGee

On this issue, I’m definitely coming from the “keep abortion legal at all stages of pregnancy and without even minimal legal restrictions in the first trimester, but don’t ever drag the conversation into the gutter by talking about a viable human embryo as though it were a wart” position.

An embryo is never viable. Once it reaches viability, it becomes a fetus. This happens somewhere between 22 and 25 weeks depending on who you ask. So, up to at least five months, we’re talking about a non-viable embryo. And even up to six months viability depends upon access to highly advanced healthcare and a lot of luck.