Financial Shakeup this weekend

[Wellardmac]

The attached image was taken on Monday morning. It is 19 weeks old and weighs around 11 ounces.

I am under no illusions that it is viable. It may move, it my have a heartbeat, it may have reflexes, but it is not a fully functioning human. It is fragile and will die given the smallest of disturbances.

These images may be cool, cute, etc., whatever you want to call them they stir emotion, but they are not viable humans - until they reach that point they have no rights. Even up until the point where this baby is born the rights of my wife come first. After it is born it has rights, but no more than you, I, or my wife.

This country has a scary rate of maternal death (as well as infant mortality) - higher than almost all other developed countries - it's a national disgrace. I have no problems stating that given a choice between losing the kid during childbirth, or losing my wife, I will chose the life of my wife over the child every single time.