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Rabbi David Shabtai, MD, is rabbi of the Sephardic Minyan at the Boca Raton Synagogue and author of “Defining the Moment: Understanding Brain Death in Halakhah.”
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Pretending that the baby is not an individual because it’s still in the womb ignores the basic reality that there is scant physiological difference between a 35-week-old fetus and a two-week-old already-born baby. Whether we’re talking about physical development, brain development, or conscious self-awareness, the two are quite similar.
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