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But Crono, you're then raising the question of what constitutes viability. If an artificial womb existed as an option in medical technology, why would a human using it not be classed as viable whilst one using e.g. a life-support machine would? Viability means the ability to survive outside the mother's womb (dependendly or otherwise [though of course no baby really could survive entirely independently]).