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If society will bear the vast majority of what I'm sure would be the astronomical cost of such a procedure,
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Society is quite happy to bear the cost of ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) for the 24 week old fetuses whose mother's want them to live. Not to mention all the other premies that get kept alive at astronomical cost in the NICU.
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and can guarantee that there will be people willing to take any and all fetuses, then sure, we can outlaw abortion.
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Or maybe advances to the point that incubators, pods if you will, can be used.
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I'm sure that the anti-abortion people will be willing to live with the scores of fetus deaths that occur when this procedure is being developed.
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Umm, like all medical research, it is developed and tested in animals. However, think about what you are saying. These are the babies that were going to be ABORTED. See those babies were facing certain death if they weren't transplanted.
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But since this is so obviously totally and completely theoretical, you can have your point.
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ECMO was just a theory 30 years ago. Everyone thought back then that it was completely theoretical that you could oxygenate a baby without using its lungs. Today it is a reality that we as a society spend quite a bit of money on to use to save 24 week old babies whose mothers want them. If their mother's don't want them, it is much cheaper. We just dispose of them in the red bags.
I am sure that Thomas Drew would have some sort of social utility argument to justify that, but you will have to ask Ty about it 'cuz he can explain it better.
