{"id":249574,"date":"2021-07-22T08:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T13:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=249574"},"modified":"2021-07-22T16:44:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T21:44:48","slug":"15-week-old-human-being-womb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/15-week-old-human-being-womb\/","title":{"rendered":"What does a 15-week-old human being in the womb look like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mississippi-15-week-abortion-ban-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a> of Mississippi&#8217;s 15-week restriction on abortion. The <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MS\/text\/HB1510\/id\/1692666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law<\/a> states that 15 weeks was chosen as the time limit for two main reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The most commonly used form of abortion in the second trimester is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jgw4X7Dw_3k&amp;list=PLRCroccSjXWR9HVr_ooA3ErEAR0SifdwY&amp;index=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D&amp;E abortion procedure<\/a>, also known as dismemberment abortion. A D&amp;E abortion is violent and involves tearing the arms and legs off of a baby before crushing her skull. It is inhumane, and according to recent research, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/preborn-babies-heightened-pain-8-weeks\/\">by or even before<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-researcher-preborn-pain-earlier\/\">end of the first trimester<\/a>, preborn children are likely to feel pain.<\/li>\n<li>Abortion&#8217;s physical risks to women <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/researchers-abortionists-abortion-second-trimester-dangerous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increase<\/a> as the gestational age of her preborn child increases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps most important, however, is the fact that the <em>humanity<\/em> of the preborn child at 15 weeks <em>cannot be denied<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So, what does a 15-week-old preborn child look like and how advanced is her prenatal development?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64080\" style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64080\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-64080 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/unbornbaby14w.jpg\" alt=\"A preborn child at 14 weeks, just before the protection in Mississippi would take effect.\" width=\"254\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/unbornbaby14w.jpg 254w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/unbornbaby14w-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-64080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A preborn child at 14 weeks, just before the protection in Mississippi would take effect.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>She looks like a human being<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Mississippi Gestational Age Act defines 15 weeks as the age of the preborn child after the mother&#8217;s last menstrual period (LMP). That is the equivalent of 13 weeks post-fertilization. A preborn child at 15 weeks LMP looks like a human being \u2014 because she <em>is<\/em> a human being and has been one since the moment of fertilization.\u00a0Her nose and lips are completely formed and she can make complex facial expressions. She has legs that she can kick and arms she can wave. She even hiccups. She is tiny, but size does not determine humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Every human being deserves human rights, including the right to life, but <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> stripped all preborn children of that right. Mississippi&#8217;s law could help restore the right to life for human beings from 15 weeks LMP (13 weeks post-fertilization) until birth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbabysightings%2Fvideos%2F10155610994212431%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>She acts like a human baby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A human preborn baby at 15 weeks LMP doesn&#8217;t just look like the human baby that she is, but also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehd.org\/science_main.php?level=i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acts<\/a> like a human baby.<\/p>\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehd.org\/science_main.php?level=i\">development is quickly advancing<\/a>, and even prior to 15 weeks LMP, a preborn baby can suck her thumb. She stretches, sighs, opens her mouth, and moves her tongue. She is capable of feeling pain and she responds to stimuli, bending her knees and hips when the bottom of her foot is touched. She is able to do so because she is a living human who has already had a heartbeat for 10 weeks (since three weeks after fertilization) and brain waves for the past seven weeks.\u00a0In just eight more weeks, she may be able to survive outside the womb with medical assistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g0OTkWfLEi8\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Americans want to protect her<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Twelve weeks marks the end of the first trimester \u2014 the time frame most Americans draw the line on limiting abortion. At 15 weeks LMP (13 weeks after fertilization), preborn babies are already one week into the second trimester of pregnancy. In June 2021, the Associated Press released the results of a poll on abortion attitudes which revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/associated-press-poll-majorities-oppose-first-trimester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">65%<\/a> of Americans think that abortion in the second trimester should be &#8220;illegal in all or most cases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yet abortion is legal in the United States up until birth for reasons including a fetal diagnosis for a child, a health risk to the mother, the mother&#8217;s financial &#8220;health,&#8221; and even her familial &#8220;health.&#8221; Directly and deliberately killing a preborn child is <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-never-medically-health-care\/\">never medically necessary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=420&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjodie.baxendale%2Fvideos%2F3259395838314%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When asked if a 15-week-old preborn child is a human being, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nancy-pelosi-dianne-feinstein-refuse-say-15-week-baby-human\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/jen-psaki-dodges-question-biden-15-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-abortion<\/a> federal <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sen-blumenthal-supreme-court-15-week-human\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politicians<\/a>\u00a0have refused to answer, saying it&#8217;s up to the Supreme Court to decide the humanity of these innocent children.<\/p>\n<p>But no judge, no matter how far up the political ladder, can justifiably, morally, or accurately rule that any human being is less human than another. No matter what the Supreme Court decides in Mississippi&#8217;s\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization\">Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization\"> Organization<\/a><\/em>\u00a0case, human beings inside the womb deserve to be protected from targeted and discriminatory attacks on their lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of Mississippi&#8217;s 15-week restriction on abortion. The law states that 15 weeks was chosen as the time limit for two main reasons: The most commonly used form of abortion in the second trimester is the D&amp;E abortion procedure, also known as dismemberment abortion. A D&amp;E [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":249586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9455,3473,11],"tags":[10940,10510,5571,1334,10512,11252,11251,3673,3567,197],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What does a 15-week-old human being in the womb look like?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a Mississippi law protecting babies at 15 weeks this fall. 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