Fetal Development, Consciousness & Pain

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An article:

"A Pain in the Fetus: Toward Ending Confusion about Fetal Pain"

• Discussion

Scientific research suggests that fetuses lack consciousness or sentience prior to, at the earliest, 18 weeks of development and about 99% of abortions in the United States are performed well before this time, most abortions in the United States kill beings—call them early fetuses—that are yet to have minds (Benatar and Benatar, 2001, 57, 63, 75; DeGrazia, 2005, 279; McMahan, 2002, 257).