Many groups that stand against abortions are religious, and believe that abortions should be made illegal because it is morally unjust to kill a fetus, or in the eyes of some, a child. However, abortion is no longer a legal option in a pregnancy after the woman is twenty-four or more weeks pregnant. Once a woman is past the twenty-four week mark, the fetus in question is viable, meaning it would be able to survive outside of the womb. A fetus that has not yet reached twenty-four weeks old in the womb would not be able to live if the mother were to go into labor. Post-viable fetuses are not yet children, they are a collection of cells that are still developing everyday. These fetuses have not yet developed a cortex, which is necessary to feel
