An anti-choicer just told me he knows somebody who had a baby at 4 months of gestation

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24. Yes. And no.

My friend's twins were born at 22 weeks gestation. The neonatologists gave them close to a zero chance of survival.

My friend is also a multimillionaire hedge fund manager. He and his wife threw literally millions of dollars at the hospital(s) and doctors, flying people in from all over, trying experimental therapies and doing every possible thing a human could do to save these tiny lives. I cannot begin to imagine the what the bills looked like, or the anguish of the parents.

The twins remained in the hospital for several months, probably close to a year. Now they are four and appear to be relatively free of developmental disorders.

I am not a hedge fund manager. Had I given birth at 22 weeks, my baby would be made comfortable and probably live a few hours or days.

All that being said, I do commend my friend for becoming a major donor/force in the March of Dimes.

But it gives me pause. It gives me pause.