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Does a human fetus feel pain during an abortion?

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Unborn babies can feel pain after 20 weeks gestation. ... Scientific evidence reveals that unborn babies do, indeed, feel pain ... read more

So while the fetus may feel pain, it will not know what sort of pain or how to react to the pain. Before six months, brain development has not occurred. So the fetus only reacts to external stimuli like say, a house fly. read more

According to a statement from ACOG, a fetus's brain and nervous system "do not have the capacity to process, recognize or feel pain during the second trimester." Indeed, it's important to remember that early on in pregnancy, the fetus isn't just a very small version of what it looks like later in pregnancy, Davis said. read more

Scientific research on pain in the fetus is extremely complicated, primarily because pain is a subjective experience and a fetus cannot indicate if something hurts. Research on the topic has centered around the stages of brain and nervous system development, and what is known regarding the processing of pain in the brain. read more

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