Abstract
The use of viability in establishing the upper time limit for abortion on demand raises a question as to the nature of this criterion. As a purely biological criterion, it fails to account for the difference between the mother-fetus and the mother-child relationship. A social understanding of viability is proposed in order to account for these differences and to show that the traditional role of the physician as the guardian of human personal life is not eroded through the practice of abortion on demand.
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