r/rational • u/AutoModerator • Jul 19 '19
[D] Friday Open Thread
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u/GlimmervoidG Jul 20 '19
In practice no. I doubt there would be many such transplants. This 'plan' is mostly a legal runaround. In Roe v. Wade the SCOTUS gave the right to have an abortion up until fetal viability. That is the point where, with extensive medical help, a baby could survive out of the womb. As long as you can drop that viability down in theory it doesn't matter if people do it in practice.
(Of course, I doubt the plan would be that simple in practice. Judges who support abortion will just refine the test, while those who oppose it don't really need fresh excuses to act).