Thanks. You really make my point. BTW; any woman could give the baby up for adoption and go on with her life. Inconvenient for a few months, but do-able.
C-section is major surgery. Exactly when do you think a C-section should be performed in order to prevent an abortion?
Survival Rates of:
Babies born at 23 weeks have a 17% chance of survival
Babies born at 24 weeks have a 39% chance of survival
Babies born at 25 weeks have a 50% chance of survival
From 32 weeks onwards, most babies are able to survive with the help of medical Technology [EPICure data]
Outcomes
1 in 10 premature babies will develop a permanent disability such as lung disease, cerebral palsy, blindness or deafness.
50% of premature babies born before the 26th week of gestation are disabled, a quarter severely so. (Fowler GA. Preemie problems: the sobering statistics. US News World Reports 2000; vol 129: pp56.)
Of children born before 26 weeks' gestation, results in 241 of the surviving children at six years (early school age) indicate a high level of disability as follows:
22% severe disability (defined as cerebral palsy but not walking, low cognitive scores, blindness, profound deafness)
24% moderate disability (defined as cerebral palsy but walking, IQ/cognitive scores in the special needs range, lesser degree of visual or hearing impairment)
34% mild disability (defined as low IQ/cognitive score, squint, requiring glasses)
20% no problems
This study also showed a greater risk of severe disability and lower cognitive function results for boys compared with girls. This supports the theory that male sex is an important risk factor in extremely preterm infants.
Cognitive and neurological impairment is common at school age amongst extremely preterm children. [N Engl J Med 2005; 352: 9-19.] Epicure data
There is something seriously ignorant on so many levels, about a man advocating women get a C section instead of an abortion.
According the the above statistics only 17% to 50% of premies survive and of those that survive only 20% are with out mental or physicals impairments. The irony of killing a born child because of a premature C-section instead of aborting early in the pregnancy and not killing a born child apparently escapes the those that advocate for C-section alternative.
The illogic of claiming anti-abortion meddling is all in the interests of the woman's health while simultaneously advocating a major and debilitating operation to avoid a non-invasive, relatively risk free 1st trimester abortion also seems to have escaped them.
Inconvenient? Get back to us after you've had your first C-section.