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Quote by: Maryjane  a viable human being...
b. (of a fetus) having reached such a stage of development as to be capable of living, under normal conditions, outside the uterus. |
Maybe you shoud review Laci & Conner's Law signed into law in 2004. No mention of viability is mentioned and in fact, viability is deliberately taken out of the equation. Here is a clip from the law:
`(d) As used in this section, the term `unborn child' means a child in utero, and the term `child in utero' or `child, who is in utero' means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb.'.
This is the law by which one can be prosecuted and sentenced for killing an unborn while carrying out a federal crime. This law has an exemption for abortion which will eventually lead to a direct challenge of roe. You can't even be charged for murder or manslaughter, much less convicted and imprisoned in this country unless you have killed a person. According to the constitution, no person can be denied the right to live unless he or she has had due process and no person can deny the personhood of another. This law has a terrible conflict within itself in that it allows a woman to determine whether or not the child is a person. If she wants it, then it is a person. If she doesn't then it isn't.
You are either a person or you are not and the fact that there are people in jail today for killing unborns creates undeniable legal precedent for the personhood of the unborn and therefore their right to the protections of the 14th amendment.
The entire text of the law can be found here:
Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 -- Laci and Conner's Law