For nearly five months of a nine-month pregnancy, the human fetus cannot survive outside of the womb, even with intensive medical attention. Maybe one day we will know how to bring a fertilized egg to maturity in a medical vessel, but right now, that time feels far off in our future. In the US, arguments rage over how much control we grant to state and federal lawmakers over the uteruses of its citizens. Some demographics feel strongly that pregnant people should not have the right to terminate their pregnancy after the first six weeks, around the time you can first detect a heartbeat via
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