Comments on: Planned Parenthood Admits Infanticide http://melissablogs.com/2008/10/30/planned-parenthood-admits-infanticide/ Information Pollination Wed, 23 May 2012 19:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christina http://melissablogs.com/2008/10/30/planned-parenthood-admits-infanticide/comment-page-1/#comment-10310 Christina Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:52:06 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=11135#comment-10310 For those clinging to the idea that, "Well, these are 22 week babies at the oldest, they couldn't survive even if you did provide care," I looked at <a href="http://realchoice.blogspot.com/2008/10/planned-parenthood-admits-to-live.html" rel="nofollow">the margin of error in estimating gestation age</a> -- as well as the fact that while this facility's cut-off is 22 weeks, others do elective abortions as late as 26 weeks. These 22 week babies might actually be 24 week babies with a 40-70% survival rate. Though, of course, if you wrap them in a towel and stick them in a closet, they have a 0% chance of survival. For those clinging to the idea that, “Well, these are 22 week babies at the oldest, they couldn’t survive even if you did provide care,” I looked at the margin of error in estimating gestation age — as well as the fact that while this facility’s cut-off is 22 weeks, others do elective abortions as late as 26 weeks.

These 22 week babies might actually be 24 week babies with a 40-70% survival rate.

Though, of course, if you wrap them in a towel and stick them in a closet, they have a 0% chance of survival.

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