• don@lemmy.ca
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    19 hours ago

    Nonviable:

    1. Not capable of living or developing.
      ”a nonviable fetus.”
    2. Not workable or practicable.
      “a nonviable idea.”
    3. Not viable: not capable of independent life; not practicable.

    Source: The American Heritage Dictionary, 5th Edition

    • root@lemmy.wtf
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      10 hours ago

      Thanks for the definition

      I think abortion is wholly different from getting a nonviable fetus removed as it cannot develop nor live

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        4 hours ago

        All fetuses are non-viable without being allowed parasitic access to the mother’s bodily resources.

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          3 hours ago

          all children are non viable without being allowed parasitic access to the parents resources

          even the ones that are born

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          3 hours ago

          This is really the whole thing, regardless of how developed the baby is.

          Imagine a fully formed child or adult with a liver problem. Science comes up with some way that someone of similar genetics can be physically connected to them and filter their blood for them and keep them alive while they wait for a transplant. Should the person who can physically sustain another person’s body be legally required to do so?

          So far, less invasive versions of this say no: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFall_v._Shimp

          You can’t even force dead bodies to donate organs.