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To: Torie
SIX WEEKS

The baby, a plump little being over half an inch long, with short arms and legs, floats in her amniotic sac, well moored by the umbilical cord. Though she weighs only 1/30 of an ounce, she has all the internal organs of an adult in various stages of development.

The baby's heart has been beating for a few weeks, the sex can be determined and brain waves can be measured.

"Within the sac was a tiny human male swimming extremely vigorously in the amniotic fluid. This tiny human was perfectly developed with long tapering fingers, feet and toes. The baby was extremely alive and swam about the sac approximately one time per second."

Paul E. Rockwell,M.D., describing the baby whose photograph is shown at left

Looks sentient to me. :-}

27 posted on 09/29/2002 11:11:03 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
Interesting. I guess my question is how the fetus can move without brain waves. But the Easterbrook article said not brain waves until close to the end of the first trimester as I recall.
31 posted on 09/29/2002 11:23:09 AM PDT by Torie
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To: jwalsh07
Let's see....

To check reactions (potential self-awareness and consciousness) ... examine the baby by, say, poking it with a sharp object ...

During abortions, the baby responds (vigorously!) to the pain and torment being induced as it is torn apart and killed.

And THAT indicates life. Life independent of, but connected to, the mother.
35 posted on 09/29/2002 11:28:59 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE
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