after having read a couple of storys of babies under 24 weeks surviving n growing to be healthy babies i have started to wonder why not all these babies are given that chance i know they are not considered viable but if they are born fighting breathing its so wrong they are not helped is it not?? my daughter was born at 27weeks 2lb 4oz nearly 16yrs ago n given a 50/50 chance there were days when i looked at her n thought will she make it she fought a hole in the heart a blood infection for wich she had to be isolated n many other bumps along the way but she fought n is part from deafness thought to be caused by her prematuraty is fit n healthy surely things have changed enough to at least give them that chance or is there something im missing

You are absolutely right , and because it is tied in with the legal abortion limit, the abortion limit needs to be lowered from the current 24 weeks.

we know babies are viable at 22 weeks and have survived and grown to be perfectly healthy but maybe there are arguments for it to be lower even that that, that is for an expert to decide .

Nadien Dorries a conservative MP brought a motion last year for the limit to be lowered to either 22 or 20 weeks , two votes were held in Parliament one for each but the majority of mp's voted against it in each case . Their argument was that babies are not generally viable under 24 weeks and so few survive it did not justify the limit being lowered. The 24 week limit was set in 1990 in the UK, in Europe the limit is 12 weeks.

Surely there have been enough cases of babies surviving at 22/23 to justify a cut to at least 22 or 20 weeks. Who knows how more would be saved with immediate treatment, andtehcnology has advanced since then


I think the MP's were probably more passionate in debating/voting against their expenses being made public !!.

and so few survive it did not justify the limit being lowered.

to me thats like putting value on life just one survival would justify it it just seems so wrong i cant imagine how heart breaking it must be to see ur baby born breathing or making some effort n not be helped at all because of the law thats 19yrs old

The law is so wrong on this issue, It sickens me that unwanted babies at 24 weeks can be aborted and much wanted babies born a couple of weeks earlier are left to die! Where are the ethics in that??!!

I second that. x

I agree the that the gestation for abortion needs to be reduced & that yes the viable age should also be reduced. I think a lot of the concern around this is how well a childs life will be from being born so premature if you get me, There are obvious medical problems in a high percentage of babies born so early so this is taken into account too i guess. Of course some babies astound everyone & do superb.

Like with alot of things progress changes things & these things take time. I'm sure with constant petitions from people asking the age to be reduced will eventually get noted & granted.

you mean if a baby is born breathing or with a little heart that his working before 24 weeks ? the doctors just stand there doing nothing ?

how alarming and shameful ...

there is a government petition asking for the law to be changed so that every baby born showing signs of life should be given the chance to live, i will find the link.

ok heres the link...

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/justice4jayden/

thanks ive signed