Late term abortion: why is it right to do feticide?

I was reading the blog from Melissa Ohden. She is a survivor of late term abortion. That gets me thinking about the procedure of late term abortion. As it is possible for babies to survive when they are born after 22 weeks, there have been cases that babies do survive a late term abortion. In order to 'avoid' that, the procedure usually involves feticide (killing the fetus before it is born). Sorry if it sounds too gruesome to some but it is a fact as you can see in section 6.7 of the RCOG guidelines.

Over the years, the clinicians are getting 'better' in the procedure so it is not a lot less gruesome and more clinical now. It basically involves injecting potassium chloride into the heart of the fetus to stop the heart. It has a very high success rate. However, I have real problem with that, as much as I understand the agony of the prospective parents and the difficult dilemma that they found themselves in. First of all, if feticide is essential, it is an acknowledgement of the baby's ability to survive outside womb. That means the baby is a viable human being. Then he or she should have the same right of life as everyone else. Secondly, why is it that we all agree we should not kill babies (or any human being) but we allow the killing of babies just moments before they are born?

For years, that have been debates about euthanasia. We all know the pitfalls if euthanasia is legalised. We want to safeguard the vulnerables so they will not be forced to choose euthanasia. How about unborn babies? To end the life of an unborn baby at late term due to disabilities is like euthanasia. It is euthanasia on someone who has no voice and who cannot give consent. If the baby is deemed to be non-viable due to 'severe handicap', why do we even need to kill it before it is born? We should be focusing on delivering good palliative care rather than late term abortion.