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[Closed] Modern medicine is a form of magic

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 IHN
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This is related to absolutely nothing, but I just saw this story on the Beeb. 23 weeks, 17 (17!) weeks premature. Mental

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-60133698


 
Posted : 27/01/2022 11:16 am
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Indeed it is. There was a review a few years back of the abortion term limit with the question posed being whether it should be rolled back from the current 24 weeks and the review concluded that the chances of survival before 24 weeks were so vanishingly small that there was no justification for such a change. So to read that any baby has survived at such a premature stage is incdeed, miraculous and such an utter joy! (and no, I'm not suggesting we should review term limits!)


 
Posted : 27/01/2022 2:20 pm
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That's a point, I hadn't considered that particular can of worms...


 
Posted : 27/01/2022 2:26 pm
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That’s a point, I hadn’t considered that particular can of worms…

From memory, the last review didn't say that 23 weeks prem had a 100% mortality rate, just that survival was so vanishingly rare that changing the law to account for it was not justified (which seemed like an entirely reasonable conclusion to me). But yeah, watch this space as I'm sure some one somewhere will pivot from that story to that issue.


 
Posted : 27/01/2022 2:31 pm

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