{"id":173395,"date":"2017-10-17T11:58:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T15:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=173395"},"modified":"2017-10-18T11:49:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:49:01","slug":"research-now-shows-reborn-babies-feel-pain-very-early-by-8-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/research-now-shows-reborn-babies-feel-pain-very-early-by-8-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Research now shows that preborn babies can feel pain very early — by 8 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A study published in March 2017 found that preborn human beings have a much more advanced nervous system than previously believed. The study, “Tridimensional Visualization and Analysis of Early Human Development,” which was published in the journal Cell<\/a>, was conducted to create a precise cellular and molecular cartography of the human embryo. What it discovered was that as early as the first trimester, fetuses already have adult-like nervous system patterns, even in their hands and feet — concluding that fetal pain is a real experience.<\/p>\n

“We found that the adult-like pattern of skin innervation is established before the end of the first trimester, showing important intra- and inter-individual variations in nerve branches,” states the study. According to Live Action News’ Cassy Fiano’s previous article<\/a> on the study, researchers “found evidence for ‘a differential vascularization of the male and female genital tracts concomitant with sex determination.'”\u00a0The researchers, using advanced cellular visualization tools, were able to take microscopic images of proteins in nerve vascular tissues down to the tiniest single nerve branches.<\/p>\n

While the study fails to report a complete conclusion as to what this means, the fact that the nervous system develops sooner than once thought backs up other evidence that proves fetuses are capable of feeling pain at as early as eight weeks gestation.<\/p>\n

It has been well-documented that preborn humans feel pain during an abortion. As early as 8 weeks gestation<\/a>, it has been shown that the fetus responds to touch. Abortion proponents have long argued that this is simply a reflex because\u00a0the nervous system was not thought to be well developed at this age, however, this latest study proves this theory wrong.<\/p>\n

The Silent Scream<\/a>, which documents an 11-week-old fetus recoiling from abortion instruments also shows that preborn humans react to stimuli.<\/p>\n

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