I am 20 weeks along and feeling my baby move around as I type. A ban based on the baby’s ability to feel should probably be earlier...I have felt movement for several weeks and he/she always “jumps around” if I have something very cold to drink.
Congratulations. I thought as you-— science should be able to prove pain to a fetus earlier than this. If this law passes in other states, I think scientists will develop better means to determine pain sensitivity in fetuses.
Also, shouldn’t this same argument be persuasive to strike down partial-birth abortion?
Congratulations and may God bless you and your little one.
Congratulations! :*)
I agree, the babies start moving around much earlier than 20 weeks, and I believe they feel pain earlier too...still, this LAW is a start!! I am praying to someday see the unborn given their proper rights as U.S. citizens instead of being treated as less than nothing! :*)
God Bless you and your unborn child. It is an amazing and exciting time that I think back on with great fondness. Perhaps because I am a man and never had to do any of the hard work...lol.
Nonetheless, I have a great appreciation for what mothers endure and enjoyed being right next to my wife the entire time.
Prayers for your good health.
Absolutely. I could intuitively tell my child's gender without a test within eight weeks after conception, and his personality was also apparent from the third month of pregnancy. He "jumped around" as if teasing me when I sat down to meditate quietly. After he was born, he started making jokes when he could barely talk. He's almost 30 now and has always had a very high intelligence and a witty and jovial personality.