Comment by Paradigm2020

Could the baby fully develop outside the womb to it's full fledged human potential is my personal "ideal" cut off date, some use so called point of viability of the fetus [1] but from reading up on it (just now) 28 weeks would be the date for me based on [2]

But in all honesty given the trauma, complications,... involved my simple solution [3] would be to just hand out free pregnancy tests (one for every week of the year) to avoid the problem all together.

The whole abortion thing has just turned into one part of the "culture/identity wars" unfortunately instead of a problem that we as a society want to fix in the best way for everyone. [4]

Infanticide was still practiced even in late 19th century in Europe/France by poor farmers who were starving [5]

I think the whole point of the philosopher is just to do his "branding" as the logical "efficient altruism" solution would be to just bring the kid to an orphanage.

Unfortunately every year it gets harder and harder to get attention and hence these silly "solutions" that are meant to force people to form an opinion pro or con.

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[1] depends on technological possibility and availability, generally considered 21 weeks in USA. [2] Of those that are born before 28 weeks, many do not survive. Those that do face high rates of disability and other medical complications. (the gap is getting wider between top end and middle, again complicating references here) [3] emperor for a day simple solution. [4] morning after and abortion pills that can be used within a week would be the logical outcome for the problem if there was no ideological nonsense to it. [5] Geert Mak - in Europe book, don't have it at hand but 1/3rd of the book is dedicated to his sources, if anyone really want his reference will find it tomorrow.