They are not babies until they are born. My mother almost died because the doctor brought his religious beliefs into a medical situation. Not until my mother was near death did the doctor deliver the baby. My brother was born with a hole in his back and lasted 3 days. It took my mother two months to recover.
If a pregnancy is not wanted I don't see any point in waiting 9 months. If a mother with six kids or none for that matter develops a medical condition that threatens her life I have no problem aborting the pregnancy to save her life at any point in the pregnancy. Miscarriages happen all the time naturally.
what science did you follow to decide they are not babies until they are born?
My brother and his wife were advised to abort their first 4 babies because the doctor saw something on the ultrasound that led them to believe the children suffered from a genetic problem. They were referred to a geneticist for counseling. They refused to abort. After number 2, she refused to see them again. All the children were born healthy, are still healthy, and above average in intelligence. When baby 5 (oops) came along, the same anomaly was seen on the ultrasound. The tech said "Oh, we don't worry about that anymore. We found out that it was present in many babies, but we didn't see it until better ultrasounds came along".
How many women were counseled to abort, and did?
There's always a story we can tell to back our POV. My POV is that if science can't tell us when a baby is a baby, we have no moral right to end its life. What was a fetus when I worked L&D is now a baby that can be delivered and live a healthy life. Knowing that, I can't let "science" dictate my moral beliefs.
