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IS THE
UNBORN BABY A HUMAN BEING?
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The life of a baby
begins long before he or she is born. A new individual human
being begins growing in the mother's uterus at fertilization, and
if the baby's life is not interrupted, he or she will someday
become an adult man or woman. Worldwide, millions of
unborn babies are killed each year. In the United States
over 32 million have been killed in the 21 year since abortion was
legalized, and more than 1.5 million are killed each year.1
Before discussing
abortion, however, it is important to review the scientific facts
about human development. Starting at birth and traveling
back in time, the life of each human being can be traced back to
the beginnings of his or her own individual fertilization.
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19WEEKS: SURVIVED!
This is Kenya King, born at 19 weeks, or just a little more
then 4 1/2 months after her life began. Pictured here with
her mother, Lisa King, Kenya weighed only 18 ounces when she
was born in Florida on June 16, 1985. When this photo was
taken, Kenya weighed 5 pounds.[2] Babies can routinely
be saved at 21 to 22 weeks after fertilization, and
sometimes, like Kenya, they can be saved even younger.3
Photo:
Pam Smith O'Hara, The Miami Herald
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 Photo: Lennart Nilsson
18 WEEKS:
"VIABLE" TOMORROW?
This is an unborn baby
only 18 weeks old, just before viability. Viability is the
time when the baby is able to survive outside the mother.
Not long ago viability was at 30 weeks; then it was 25
weeks. Now viability is even earlier. What will it
be tomorrow? Science is constantly making progress in this
area.[4]
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15 WEEKS: PERFECTLY FORMED
This beautiful unborn baby is 18 weeks old, just one week
younger then Kenya was when she was born. Inside the
mother, this baby could have been legally killed. However,
outside of the mother the baby would be fully protected by
law. Photo: Lennart Nilsson
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 Photos: Lennart Nilsson
14 WEEKS:
A MIRACLE OF DEVELOPMENT
The baby in this picture is less than 14 weeks old. At
this age, the heart pumps several quarts of blood through
the body every day. A twelve-week-old unborn baby has
developed the body parts required to experience pain,
including all of the nerves, spinal cord and thalamus.6
| FACTS Most abortions are
suction curettage abortions. A sharp-edged
plastic tube is inserted into the uterus. It cuts the unborn baby into pieces.
A
suction machine, many times more powerful than a
vacuum cleaner, sucks out the pieces of the baby
and the placenta. In later abortions, sharp
instruments are used to cut the unborn baby
out of the uterus piece by piece. chemicals are
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The
inserted picture shows details of the legs of a baby
about 16 weeks old.
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11 WEEKS: ALL ORGAN
SYSTEMS FUNCTIONING
These little human feet are perfectly shaped. The
baby could stand on an adult's little fingernail.
The baby even has eyelids, nails, and
fingerprints.7 From this age on,
there is only growth in size and maturation of the
organs already present. All organ systems are
functioning. The baby has a skeletal structure,
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FACTS A Pregnancy normally covers 40
weeks counted from the first day of the woman's
last menstrual period. Fertilization takes
place about two weeks into her cycle. The dates
shown on this web page are from the time of
fertilization, not the onset of the mother's last
menstrual period.
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