the unborn child -one of us
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Modern science clearly shows that human life begins at fertilisation. At 11 weeks fingerprints and fingernails appear. 18 days after conception the baby's heart is beating. This tiny human is entitled to all of the protections the rest of us enjoy.TRANSCRIPT
Modern science clearly shows that human life
begins at conception. lt is therefore entitled
to all the protections the rest of us enjoy.
18 days after conception the baby's heart is beating.
At I weeks everything to be found in a fullygrown person is formed.
At 11 weeks fingerprints and fingernails appear.
Atlzweeks the baby's lips open and close.It turns its head and can leap around the womb.
At 16 weeks the baby reacts to sound, sucks,swallows and yawns.
At 18 weeks most mothers feel the baby's movements.By pushing with its feet and head, the baby exercisesthe developing muscles. The baby now sucks its thumb.
At 20 weeks the baby sleeps and wakeslike a born baby.
At24 weeks the baby continues moving,hearing and perhaps even dreaming,
At 30-40 weeks the baby, if left undisturbed, will growstronger until it's time to be born.
This leaflet has been co-sponsored by the Second Look Project
Pro Life Campaign,34 Gardiner Street Uppel, Dublin 1Tel: 01-8748090 Fn: 01- 8748094Email: [email protected]
We all travelled a similar amazingjourney towards birth. How canwe say the unborn child is not oneof us entitled to protection in its
vulnerability as every one of usis at vulnerable moments in our lives?
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