The Limits of Viability

anonymous:

I understand your opinion on abortion, but you must see that the fetus is in no way a functional human being, it has no brain, no thoughts, no personality. It is the size of the tip of a pin.

americas-restoration:

The baby inside of a woman has their own DNA… HUMAN DNA. How can you say it isn’t human? Did you fail biology? Seriously, how are you rationalizing this?

• Day 1 – conception takes place.
• 7 days – tiny human implants in mother’s uterus.
• 10 days – mother’s menses stop.
• 14 days – recoils from external stimuli.
• 18 days – heart begins to beat.
• 21 days – pumps own blood through separate closed circulatory system with own blood type.
• 28 days – eye, ear and respiratory system begin to form.
• 42 days – brain waves recorded, skeleton complete, reflexes present.
• 7 weeks – photo of thumbsucking.
• 8 weeks – all body systems present.
• 9 weeks – squints, swallows, moves tongue, makes fist.
• 11 weeks – spontaneous breathing movements, has fingernails, all body systems working.
• 12 weeks – weighs one ounce.
• 16 weeks – genitals clearly differentiated, grasps with hands, swims, kicks, turns, somersaults.
• 18 weeks – vocal cords work – can cry.
• 20 weeks – has hair on head, weighs one pound, 12 inches long.
• 23 weeks – 15% chance of viability outside of womb if birth premature.
• 24 weeks – 56% of babies survive premature birth.
• 25 weeks – 79% of babies survive premature birth.

Source: M. Allen et. al., “The Limits of Viability.” New England Journal of Medicine, 11/25/93: Vol. 329, No. 22, p. 1597