fetal viability
Extrauterine survival threshold
Fetal viability is the point in pregnancy when a fetus can survive outside the womb, typically around 22 to 24 weeks of gestation.
The concept is central to abortion law and medical ethics, marking a threshold where termination becomes more legally and morally contested: The court's ruling hinged on fetal viability.
Advances in neonatal care have gradually pushed the threshold earlier.
- surfactant therapyLung-lining substance administration
- premature babyInfant born before term
- gestational ageTime since conception began
- twenty-fourNumber after twenty-three
- Roe v. WadeAbortion legalization ruling
abortion laws · abortion debate · maternal health · preterm birth · survival rate · bioethics · prenatal care · trimester · third trimester · incubators · reproductive justice · reproductive rights · threshold · pregnancy · brain development · mechanical ventilation · life support · medical intervention
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- Abortioninduced abortion, medical abortion, surgical abortion, elective abortion, late-term abortion
- Prenatal Testingamniocentesis, prenatal screening, nuchal translucency, genetic testing, fetal ultrasound
fetal viabilityconception
Formation of an idea
fertilization · implantation · first trimester · birth · embryogenesis