When do life begin in unborn babies?
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If you are asking when it begins to show life functions, that would be the second the egg is fertilized because that is when it begins constructing itself. If you are asking when it becomes conscious, then there is not a definitive answer. If you are asking when it's "soul" enters it, then please realize that this is a metaphysics question and would be better asked in the Religion section of this website.
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Your newborn should be held by the mother as soon as it is born, and straight away be offered to nurse.  Keep trying, nursing is hard for some people, but you and the baby will learn.  The newborn needs the colustrum that the mothers body produces during the first few days of the babys life.\n\nThe baby DOES NOT need rice, formula, or any other food for 6 months or longer.
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I agree. I find it interesting that it is okay to abort a fetus while it is in the womb but not when it is out of the womb. This makes no sense to me. It seems to me that if it is  to be legal then parents should be allowed to have an abortion up until the fetus is 18 years old.
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Life begins when the sperm fertilizes the egg - whether it happens the old-fashioned way or in a lab somewhere.
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No.  Some children have been born at 4 months and have lived.  Why not wait the pregnancy out and then put the child up for adoption.
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I think that is a rather disgusting thought.... no amount of money could ever replace a human life.  Abortion is not birth control, it's MURDER! 18 days after conception the heart begins beating, most women don't even know they are pregnant at that stage of the game. Abortions are not done before 6 weeks and by then there are facial features, the arms and legs have budded, the nervous system is in tact, it is a growing living human with potential not potentially a human.
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While the baby or for this case the foetus is developing the it starts to use its receptive body mechanics. While this happens its when the determination of whether it will be a left handed or right handed occurs. \n\nThe foetus can think and explore its surrounding and even have the capability to detect the mothers voice vibrations. While the foetus moves around as in your case they become more close to one another to death since its depicted in their developing minds the early sence of oneness.\n\nGenerally the foetus as tiny as imagined at around 7-8 months all this happen. They even actually dream and yawn play listen and remember. This enables the brain complete the nervous connection and responce to stimulation.
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1) When pro-choice people says it begins\n\nor\n\n2) At conception when God says it begins
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Human, I presume?\n\nTime Magazine says that the longest live birth gestation was 375 days.\n\nAccording to Black's Medical Dictionary, the shortest was 240 days, and it cites the longest as 313 days.\n\nSince there is obviously a gap here, I called my son at Creighton Medical School. 22 or 23 weeks is about the shortest gestation time that a baby can survive. Any earlier and we would call it a miscarriage. In the US, we aren't really looking to set any records, so doctors use artificial means to prevent or slow labor if it is earlier than this.\n\nThe same theory applies to late labor. After 1 or 2 weeks past the due date, we simply induce labor. Again, the health of mother and child is far more important than getting into the record books.\n\nThe dates in Black's Dictionary probably come from dates where we do not have to help the baby to survive at all. The last thing to develop fully is the mucus lining in the lungs that make it possible to breath without support of any kind, and that happens around the 240 day mark.
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A baby is a baby from the moment of conception, it has a soul and God knows who it is. Its not a fetus or a lump of flesh. \nThere is enough birth control out there that no one should ever get pregnant by accident. There are people trying to adopt kids everyday because they cant have kids.
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When they are a fetus... I am a medical student!!!!
506275
My life changed when I lost my son.  I delievered him stillborn(meaning death at birth)he was 5months along.  My husband at the time wasnt there for me, when this all occured.  So I changed my life completly.  I am now divorced, and closer to GOD, then I have ever been.
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During your 5th week of pregnancy (fetal age is 3 weeks..since conception occurs around week 2. ) the heart begins to beat.  The fetus grows very quickly during the stage...though the size of a lentil bean\n\nFrom Baby Center: How your baby's growing: Deep in your uterus your embryo is growing at a furious pace. At this point he's about the size of a sesame seed, and he looks more like a tiny tadpole than a human. He's now made up of three layers — the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm — that will later form his organs and tissues. The cells are forming for his major organs, including his kidneys and liver, and his neural tube is beginning to develop. This neural tube — from which your baby's brain, spinal cord, nerves, and backbone will sprout — develops in the top layer, called the ectoderm. This layer will also give rise to his skin, hair, nails, mammary and sweat glands, and tooth enamel. His heart and circulatory system begin to form in the middle layer, or mesoderm. (This week, in fact, his tiny heart begins to divide into chambers and beat and pump blood.) The mesoderm will also form your baby's muscles, cartilage, bone, and subcutaneous (under skin) tissue. The third layer, or endoderm, will house his lungs, intestines, and rudimentary urinary system, as well as his thyroid, liver, and pancreas. In the meantime, the primitive placenta and umbilical cord, which deliver nourishment and oxygen to your baby, are already on the job.
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You sure don't know much about adoption!  Babies and kids under 8 are very hard to come by in the U.S.  The waiting list to adopt in the U.S. is 10 years because abortion has made babies unavailable.  It is easier and faster to adopt a foreign baby/child.
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Uh, in the third tri-mester?  I'm having a hard time figuring out when pri - mortal begins?  Conception?  Third trimester?  Birth?  Geez, this is a toughie.  Why, I'll wager there are lots of folks debating this topic all over the world.
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prolife all the way. just because a baby isnt born yet, it is a LIVING being and God has a plan for everyone.
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Wow. This question is very controversial. Lots of people believe that life begins at conception. Some say life does not begin until birth. I do know that a "fetus" can feel pain, suck its thumb, etc. At that point I say it's a baby. In fact, I consider it a baby from conception. There are scientific aspects, and then personal and religious aspects.\n\nWhat is your definition of human worth? Is an 8 year old child more worthy of living than a 37 year old person? How does one determine that? Each life is individual. I don't think you can put "worth" on a soul.\n\nSo, in my opinion a fetus IS human. It's not a "stage of development.\n\nHave fun with your responses, as I am sure you will get many.\n\nOh, and thanks for kick starting my brain!!!   :)