However, it is no more reasonable to expect a perfectly viable fetus to survive the intrusive and powerful tools of an abortionist than it would be to expect someone to breathe air under water. A human fetus is a human fetus. It is only that the inevitable effect of abortion is fetal destruction, given the fetus' inability to survive. This is plain silly. The intention of the person who wants an abortion is never that indirect.
Abortion is the deliberate killing of an innocent human being in the womb.
If one has the right to an abortion, one has the right to kill the fetus in the womb. MacGuigan's concept of viability does not stand up to close scrutiny. Prohibition of abortion. Indeed, it would be very difficult to prohibit abortion by means of a criminal law statute. It is always difficult, but not impossible, to put the evil genie back in the bottle.