23 Weeks 6 Days
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This week, Radiolab explores the profound moral and medical complexities surrounding extremely premature birth in "23 Weeks 6 Days," examining what happens when medical possibility and human choice collide at the very edge of viability. The episode navigates the tension between what doctors can do to save a life and what parents, doctors, and society believe they should do, revealing how deeply personal decisions about birth and survival are shaped by medicine, ethics, and chance.
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