{"id":158536,"date":"2017-01-09T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=158536"},"modified":"2017-01-09T08:12:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T13:12:08","slug":"the-abortion-lie-here-are-facts-women-are-denied-about-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/the-abortion-lie-here-are-facts-women-are-denied-about-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Abortion Lie: Here are facts women are denied about abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC<\/a>) website gives yearly statistics on abortions performed in the US. The latest surveillance data available up to 2013 (for the abortions actually reported) show that\u00a0\u201c91.6% of abortions were performed at \u226413 weeks\u2019 gestation…\u201d This means the majority of abortions were performed within the first trimester of a woman\u2019s pregnancy, during the early stages of her baby\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

Apparently, the abortion industry thinks this is the best time to try to convince mothers that their baby is just a \u201cclump of cells<\/a>,\u201d or merely “potential life” — unfortunately\u00a0common characterizations<\/a>\u00a0made by those who condone, promote, or try to justify abortion in the attempt to assuage people\u2019s consciences. Yet scientific facts<\/a> have already proven characterizations\u00a0like these\u00a0to be false and entirely misleading. For example, science tells us that from the moment of fertilization<\/a> (also sometimes referred to as conception), the baby\u2019s DNA<\/a> code is being written \u2013 meaning she has her\u00a0own unique, individual identity<\/em> from the earliest moments of her\u00a0life<\/a>. She is not “potential life”; her life has already begun in earnest.<\/p>\n

Another immediate determination for the baby at the moment of fertilization\u00a0is its sex. The baby will begin developing into what has been biologically determined from the very beginning, and at about the twelve-week mark in utero, gender can usually be seen\u00a0on an ultrasound. Aside from the scientific facts showing\u00a0babies are given specific attributes such as individual identity and gender at fertilization, there are the obvious developmental features that help us see these human beings are not just unrecognizable clumps of cells (as if this should still be a debate in 2017).<\/p>\n

A\u00a0woman should be able to see a positive result for a pregnancy test at about four weeks<\/a>. At this point, the baby\u2019s organs are developing and the heart is already beating<\/a>\u00a0starting at\u00a016 days after fertilization<\/a>, according to a new scientific discovery.\u00a0This means that even if an abortion is performed at the earliest known stage of a woman\u2019s pregnancy — at four weeks — it will still be stopping a heartbeat. More specifically, it will be ending a uniquely identifiable human life like yours and like mine.<\/p>\n