It seems that in the 70's the pro-abortion people ignored medical science. Since that time the advances in science have rendered the claims of the pro-abortionists even more unscientific.
Victor Davis Hanson lists some of these advances in a recent column on unscientific notions of Democrats, who probably are poorly educated:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/372659/anti-empirical-left-victor-davis-hanson
Victor Davis Hanson lists some of these advances in a recent column on unscientific notions of Democrats, who probably are poorly educated:
Late-term abortions used to be justified in part by an argument dating back to the 1970s that fetuses were not yet “human.” But emerging science has allowed premature babies five months old or younger to survive outside the womb. Brain waves of fetuses can be monitored at just six weeks after conception. Such facts may be unwelcome to many, given the political controversy over abortion. Yet the idea that fetuses are not viable humans until birth is simply unscientific.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/372659/anti-empirical-left-victor-davis-hanson