The Left goes on and on about “Follow the Science” except when it comes to the abortion debate. Medical treatments and technology have drastically changed and improved since 1973.

Women can now see a baby inside their womb, watch it move and breathe, take home a picture and share it with friends on social media. The power of technology and improvements in medical care have changed the abortion debate towards pro-life arguments which is why the Left doesn’t use the “Follow the science” mantra with abortion.

New ultrasound technology now allows doctors and parents to see a baby’s development in incredible detail — one medical review article states this encourages maternal-fetal bonding. Improved treatments for extremely pre-term infants have improved survival with a 2022 academic study finding that 78% of infants born at 22-28 gestational weeks survive to go home with their parents.

Doctors can now perform intrauterine surgeries to treat conditions before the baby could live outside the womb, also known as “viability” — if the baby is wanted. That distinction is critical. Doctors change their language based on that one factor.

Take a standard 20-week ultrasound, for example. If a pregnancy is wanted, the doctor will tell the parents at their first ultrasound that the baby is healthy and developing normally. If a pregnancy is unwanted, the doctor in most U.S. states will tell the parents that the fetus is not yet viable so abortion is an option. Subjectively describing medical imaging findings based on whether the baby is wanted or unwanted is the opposite of science…. (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)

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