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Originally Posted by West Ender
I am anti-abortion on principle but I will not get into a pro/con discussion here. The point at issue is the lowering of foetal age to 22 weeks and what worries me is the question of whether a foetus can feel pain. As a baby (note the different terminology when it's a wanted pregnancy) born at 24 weeks gestation can survive, with luck and good nursing, I assume it must be able to feel pain. The same child, while still in the womb, must also feel the same pain as its sensors are at a similar stage of development. Is it right to inflict pain on, not to say kill, a viable child?
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There was a programme on lowering the abortion limits a while ago, in this programme a professor said he strongly believes a baby can feel pain in the womb as you can see the child grimace and smile and suck the thumb and swallow fluid. I agree with him how could a baby not feel pain if it has a functioning brain a heartbeat it could feel pain when born so why not at 24 weeks or earlier. When i lost my baby at 11 weeks pregnant and had to go into hospital, before i went in i was looking on the internet trying to find out more about what i was going to go through i found alot about abortion as what i had to go through was what would be the same procedure without a D&C and i was absolutly horrified by what i found, out how it was carried out at quite a small foetus upwards i cant go into detail of the picture and descriptions i saw but i was horrified and for this reason i would never bring myself to have this done! Also the same as slinky i found it very hard when i had lost a baby i wanted soo badly and there were people out there just throwing them away! (how could they were my thought) but in reality people do. i dont agree nor disagree just think that the time should be lowered so at least that baby wont feel the hugely painful procedure.