Fast+Facts

[|Face the Truth]

 

Your baby is a living human organism from the time of conception, until its death From 1973 thorough 2005, more than 45 million legal abortions were[| performed] Day 20: Foundations of the brain, spinal cord and nervous system are already established. Day 21: The heart begins to beat. Day 28: The backbone and muscles are forming. Arms, legs, eyes and ears have begun to show. Day 30: The heart is pumping increasing quantities of blood through the circulatory system. Day 35: Five fingers can be discerned in the hand. The eyes darken as pigment is produced. Day 40: Brain waves can be detected and recorded. Day 42: The liver is now taking over the production of blood cells and the brain begins to control movement of muscles and organs. Week 7: The embryo begins to move spontaneously. The jaw forms, including teeth buds in the gums. Week 8: At a little more than an inch long, the developing life is now called a fetus-- Latin for young one or offspring. Everything is now present that will be found in a fully developed adult. The stomach produces digestive juices and the kidneys have begun to function. The fetus' body responds to touch, although the mother will not be able to feel movement until the fourth or fifth month. Week 9: The fetus can squint, swallow, and wrinkle its forehead. Week 11: The fetus is about two inches long. Urination occurs. Week 12: The fetus now sleeps, awakens and exercises its muscles energetically-- turning its head, curling its toes, and opening and closing its mouth. The palm, when stroked, will make a tight fist. Week 13: By now, you can tell if it's a boy or a girl. Month 5: The ears are functioning and there is evidence that the fetus hears quite a bit-- such as the mother's voice and heartbeat, as well as external noises. Month 6: If the baby were born in this month and given the proper care, he or she would survive.


 * When abortion is mentioned in public, MOST women who have had an abortion have a physical reaction, where their stomach tightens up, their jaw clenches, and they hold their breath.