One factor driving the change: advancements in neonatal medicine are pushing the envelope of fetal viability well beyond what anyone ever imagined. Further complicating the mix, of course, is genetic medicine with its lightning-speed advancements and direct-to-consumer marketing savvy. According to partial data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, in 2014 there were 605 abortions performed at 21-plus weeks. How remarkable it will be when science forces us to have a debate that politics had apparently put to rest. These scientific leaps won’t just expand our notion of duty of care for the fetus, they will blow it wide open.

Source: National Post June 30, 2016 17:48 UTC