What is Fetal viability?
[[File:Prenatal development table.svg|thumb|1037x1037px|center]] '''Fetal viability''' is a medical and a legal term. It describes the ability of an unborn child to survive outside the [[womb]]. For the first three months of [[pregnancy]], the unborn child is called [[embryo]], after that it is called [[fetus]]. Usually, children are born after 40 weeks of pregnancy. Very few children are born before the mother reaches 24 weeks of pregnancy. If they are born alive, very few will survive. About 50 to 70 percent of children born from the 25th week of pregnancy will survive. In the 24th week, the survival chance is 30 to 50 percent. The point at which the child has a 50 percent chance of surviving is called '''limit of viability'''. {{med-stub}} [[Category:Obstetrics and gynecology]]