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SunSeeker

SunSeeker's Journal
SunSeeker's Journal
June 28, 2022

Anti-abortionists always show the fetus looking like a full term baby. That is a lie.

Over 90% of abortions happen in the first trimester (by 13 weeks).
Medical researchers agree a fetus is not capable of experiencing pain until the third trimester, somewhere between 29 or 30 weeks.The external and middle ear are taking shape, but fetuses can’t hear until about 24 weeks. https://www.npr.org/2022/05/06/1096676197/7-persistent-claims-about-abortion-fact-checked

In a typical abortion, at 9 weeks, the embryo (not even a fetus yet) is about 1.7 cm (0.669 inch) long, from head to tail (yes, it has a tail, and looks like a lizard). An embryo is termed a fetus beginning in the 11th week of pregnancy, which is the 9th week of development after fertilization of the egg. Even then, a women still does not look pregnant; her belly has not expanded yet.


https://raisingchildren.net.au/pregnancy/week-by-week/first-trimester/9-weeks


This tiny bit of cells is what forced birthers value more than the life of a fully formed woman.

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