personal history in there as a way to emphasize the variability of these things, i.e., viability, at the margins.

There was never any thought of an abortion in our case, even had we known how his life was going to turn out, which we didn't and still didn't, weeks later. And the doctors didn't either, just kept giving us vague percentages, like, "well, x happens in about 60% of cases, and y happens in about 35% of cases, and z happens in about 5% of cases," where z is a very bad outcome.

He kept getting z. As Vonnegut said, "So it goes."

But you just don't know. And "viable" doesn't tell you anything about quality of life. I don't think a woman's choice should be constrained by that concept, through the State, until the third trimester, i.e., 26 weeks. I just don't. That's why I think Roe was genius in its formulation.