A UChicago PhD Thinks Outside the Box

@JBStillFlying It’s a tough question to answer for sure, especially if the question is interpreted as if its about viability. With advances in medicine, what is not considered viable life 100 years ago, can be viable now.

At the same time, advances in science and our understanding of how a fertilized egg develops into a full grown baby creates a ton of (informed) opinions - from experts to know nothings. I suppose this puts a lot of people on the defensive, since especially in America where the individual is valued over the village, people consider their homes and their bodies their own castle where they are king/queen… and theirs alone to do whatever they want to (with many exceptions of course).

The “out of the box” thing that I can see in this one is mainly to provide an update (a glimpse, a snapshot in time) on where people’s positions are nowadays. The survey is not unique, neither are its findings (there are other surveys out there) but it adds to the conversation, and perhaps spots a trend, where the opinions are not as discrete : fertilization, first trimester, second trimester, third trimester, birth, after birth - but a continuum.