The Point of Viability

A fetus at 20 weeks has a brain, responds to external stimuli, and studies show it can feel pain.  Further, a fetus at 20 weeks can potentially survive a premature birth although in an incubator for a while.  One may argue these facts at 20 weeks, but 24 is the generally accepted time at this point.  Rowe vs. Wade merely states that up until the time a fetus becomes viable, the decision to terminate is a medical decision, but it does not state that after viability (24 weeks) termination is OK.

If you want to take a stand before the 24 week mark, that is fine, but let's not hide behind R vs. W to legitimize the killing of infants after the medically accepted point of viability.  When that 24 week infant is extracted from the womb, it stands a good chance of survival because it is viable.  

This isn't religious.  This is science.  Viability.  The ability of a fetus to survive outside the womb at 24 weeks is scientifically proven, yet the left wing chooses to fight for the right to terminate up until the day prior to birth.  Not a zygote.  An infant.  To snip his/her spine in the eighth month is nothing different that flicking the switch on an incubator in the NICU of a 2 month premature baby.  Don't euphamize it, and don't legitimize it.