Famed Fetal Photographer: 6 week baby already has “human appearance”

Lennart Nilsson, who captured groundbreaking photos of unborn babies in the womb gave the following caption on the picture of a six week old unborn baby that appeared in Life Magazine.

“Its length is only about half an inch and it weighs only 1/25 of an ounce, yet it has already begun to take on a human appearance.”

“Embryo’s Face” Life, March 30, 1950

Sara Dubow Ourselves Unborn: A History of the Fetus in Modern America (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) 115

5-6 week human embryo
6 week human embryo
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Sarah Terzo is a pro-life writer and blogger. She is on the board of The Consistent Life Network and PLAGAL +

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