Fetus or baby.

"The Supreme Court...turned down the plea of a married woman seeking immediate termination of her 27-week pregnancy, relying on latest medical report which indicated that there were no fetal abnormalities, nor was the health of a 27-year-old mother of two at risk, to let her end her pregnancy beyond the cut-off period fixed under the law." HT. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 "allows abortion to be done on the advice on one doctor up to 20 weeks, and two doctors in the case of certain categories of women between 20 and 24 weeks." PRS. An incensed Mihira Sood, who "is a lawyer and scholar in the field of women's rights" finds the Supreme Court decision similar to laws in the US and Ireland. "This is unsurprising. After all, patriarchy transcends national barriers, and has many weapons in its toolkit." This is breathtakingly glib and ignorant. "The woman approached the court for an abortion at 25 weeks, within days of becoming aware of the pregnancy." Why go to court? Because doctors must have refused to terminate her pregnancy, and since almost all obstetricians in Delhi are female they would be incapable of patriarchy. According to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) "rates of neonatal survival to discharge at this time range dramatically from 23% to 27% for births at 23 weeks, 42% for births at 24 weeks, and 67% to 76% for births at 25 weeks of gestation." Would Ms Sood recommend killing a live baby and would she do it herself? "The panic over women controlling their own bodies is still prevalent, even without the religious baggage, and the ability to get an abortion still depends on male family members and authority figures, rather than a woman's own choice," wrote Sood. But, "Under the Indian family and public policy laws, the parents must provide child support for the child's sustenance." Vakil search. Thus, according to Ms Sood, the father should have no say in the survival of his unborn child but pay child support if the mother lets it live. Parroting Western feminist ideology. The fetus is not a part of the mother's body because the womb is actually outside the woman's body, like her alimentary canal, 50% of its DNA are derived from the father, it may have different blood group and a male child can never be part of a woman's body, explained Dr Derek Conte. In human females, pregnancy lasts for 40 weeks or 10 months. ACOG. The whole of pregnancy is designed to create a viable baby and the mother's body changes to extrude the baby when the time comes, leading to labor and delivery (healthline). Would the mother survive if she got rid of her heart, lungs or liver which are real parts of her body? Doctors must and will refuse to kill a viable baby. Feminist lawyers like Ms Sood could volunteer.