The following quotes are from “Pain of the Unborn: What does an Unborn Child Feel during an abortion?” National Right to Life Education Trust Fund, Washington D.C. 2004:
“[The] Brain begins to take shape 18 days after conception, by 20 days forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain and spinal column starts to grow.”
Blackburn, ST. Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Physiology. 2nd ed (2003).
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“Four or five weeks after conception, pain receptors appear around the mouth, followed by nerve fibers, which carry stimuli to the brain. By 18 weeks, pain receptors have appeared throughout the body. Around week 6, the unborn child first responds to touch.”
Blackburn, ST. Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Physiology. 2nd ed (2003).
Vanhatalo, S & van Nieuwenhuizen, O. “Fetal Pain?” Brain and Development. 22 (2000)
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