The Bill defines what they meant by the term:
I doubt 24 weeks would work, without mitigating circumstances. At that point, with advanced medical care, a fetus has about a 70% chance of long-term survival. Based on the text of the bill, I'd guess they would probably use 21 weeks, as that's where the chances drop to below 1% with advanced medical care. That being said, less-than-1% is still more than zero, so "reasonable" would be whatever the courts decided.(7) VIABILITY.—The term “viability” means the point in a pregnancy at which, in the good-faith medical judgment of the treating health care provider, based on the particular facts of the case before the health care provider, there is a reasonable likelihood of sustained fetal survival outside the uterus with or without artificial support.
21 weeks, and 1 day is the current record holder for premature survival.
Indeed, why not?Why not use brain development? That can be up to 25 years old.Why not use cardiomyocyte differentiation as the line in the sand?
It brings us right back to the same problem of who is defining terms. When the first two neurons form connections, is that a brain? Or would the line be certain stages of development, like when pain can be experienced?
All-in-all, we return to: Why a so-called "heartbeat"?
If a metric is put forth, like the pulsing of a primitive tube heart, the underlying reason should likely be put forth as well.
I'm not sure why you think me believing public opinion shouldn't be formed on polemical stupidity somehow negates their freedom to say incredibly stupid things, and have people believe those stupid things.Public opinion? What happened to freedom of speech? Ben Shapiro is not running for Governor nor will he be signing executive orders on the issue.Some organizations do. Two people I don't think should be forming public opinion on it though are Stacey Abrams, and Ben Shapiro.