[legitster]

Well, in both cases, the decisions at the time implied that they were temporary.

A lot of the logic of Roe v Wade was based on viability outside of a womb based on medical science of the time.

Right in the decision of affirmative action there is admission that it will need to be revisited.

[mcpackieh]

Roe v Wade's trimester system, like virtually all abortion cutoffs, was essentially arbitrary. Calibrated to fit what their gut felt was right. For evidence of this, look at the abortion cutoffs in Europe, nearly every European country has a different cutoff from the others. In Germany it's 12 weeks and in the UK it's 24. It's all over the place. If these cutoffs were based on science there shouldn't be this much spread.

[zajio1am]

> look at the abortion cutoffs in Europe, nearly every European country has a different cutoff from the others.

Not really, 12 weeks are pretty common, and most european countries fit in 10-14 weeks, with just few exceptions like UK and Netherlands.