Related Topics:
Unborn Victims of Violence Act
Born-Alive Infants Protection Act
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Diary of an Unborn Baby
Day 1 fertilization: all human chromosomes are present; unique human
life begins
Day 6 embryo begins implanting in the uterus
Day 22 heart begins to beat with the childs own blood, often a
different type than the mothers
Week 5 eyes, legs, hands begin to develop
Week 6 brain waves detectable; mouth, lips present; fingernails
forming
Week 7 eyelids, toes form; nose distinct, baby kicking and swimming
Week 8 every organ in place; bones begin to replace cartilage,
fingerprints begin to form;
Weeks 9 and 10 - teeth begin to form, fingernails develop; baby can
turn head, frown
Week 11 baby can grasp objects placed in hand; all organ systems
functioning; the baby has fingerprints, a skeletal structure, nerves, and
circulation
Week 12 the baby has all of the part necessary to experience pain,
including the nerves, spinal cord and thalamus; the baby is nearing the end of
the first trimester
Week 17 - baby can have dream (REM) sleep
Week 20 the earliest stage at which partial birth abortions are
performed
"Probably nothing has been as damaging to our cause as the
advances in technology which have allowed pictures of the developing
fetus, because people now talk about the fetus in much different terms
than they did 15 years ago. They talk about it as a human being, which is
not something that I have an easy answer on how to cure.
-- Harrison Hickman, pollster for the National Abortion and Reproductive
Rights Action League
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