19. 26-weeks is accurate. This is a legal issue, not to be swept under a rug.
Edited on Wed Sep-28-11 09:31 PM by vets74
The pathway for pain to reach the brain does not develop until 26-weeks along.
Preemies differentiating pain and other stimuli at 35/37 weeks is a different topic altogether, which is irrelevant to what happens for a normal fetus at 20- or 26-weeks. Pro-Life claims about 20-weeks were invented from whole cloth -- effective politically nonetheless.
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