Fetus Wars

These scientific facts should be enough to persuade women to abandon abortions forever. Sadly, it is not......


1.) The heart of a fetus begins beating at 18 days [when the mother is only four days late for her first menstrual period], and by 21 days it is pumping, through a closed circulatory system, blood whose type is different from that of the mother.

----This fact establishes a live human being with a different blood supply than that of the mother.

2.) Brain waves of fetus' have been recorded at 40 days on the Electroencephalogram (EEG)

----Once again, this proves the existence of a new human being.

3.) At eight (8) weeks, a fetus begins to feel pain. At the eight (8) week mark, the fetus' neuro-anatomic structures are present. What is needed is (1) a sensory nerve to feel the pain and send a message to (2) the thalamus, a part of the base of the brain, and (3) motor nerves that send a message to that area. These are present at 8 weeks. The pain impulse goes to the thalamus. It sends a signal down the motor nerves to pull away from the hurt.

----This can be illustrated with a simple and logical example.

Try sticking an infant with a pin and you know what happens. She opens her mouth to cry and also pulls away.

Try sticking an 8 week old human fetus in the palm of his hand. He opens his mouth and pulls his hand away.

A more technical description would add that changes in heart rate and fetal movement also suggest that intrauterine manipulations are painful to the fetus.