"The point I was trying to make is that premature births have the potential to develop into full human beings, and with the medical help available these days, many of them will. But the choice to intervene to bring them to term out of the womb is a complex one- it will take into account the desires of the parents, the opinions of the medics as to the probable outcome, and the costs of the treatment (to the state in the UK, to the insurance or the parents in the US)."

BTW, I agree entirely with you on this one- BUT if one feels that the fetus is a human being, is this not someone deciding to withhold required medical care ( to bring them to term)? Don't we arrest parents who withhold required medical care from their children?