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tazzygirl -> RE: 20 weeks abortion bill passes the HOR (6/23/2013 9:45:17 PM)
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You havent complicated it at all. There is also a condition called an incompetent cervix, for example. The womb simply wont hold a growing fetus because the cervix is weak. Consider it another design flaw. Then we have pregnancies that implant in the Fallopian tubes... or even in the abdominal wall. Again, design flaws. Ectopic pregnancies are not even known until, on average, 7 - 8 weeks.
According to the Mayo Clinic....
Week 5: The embryonic period begins
Fetal development three weeks after conception
The fifth week of pregnancy, or the third week after conception, marks the beginning of the embryonic period. This is when the baby's brain, spinal cord, heart and other organs begin to form.
Week 7: Baby's head develops
Fetal development five weeks after conception
Seven weeks into your pregnancy, or five weeks after conception, your baby's brain and face are rapidly developing. Tiny nostrils become visible, and the eye lenses begin to form. The arm buds that sprouted last week now take on the shape of paddles.
By the end of this week, your baby might be a little bigger than the top of a pencil eraser.
The brain isnt fully developed untila round the 16th week.
Here is an important part about life.... we have to breathe.
weeks 6 to 16
The developing lung resembles an endocrine gland at this time. By the end of this period, all of the major lung elements, except those required for gas exchange (e.g. alveoli), have appeared. Respiration is not possible during this phase, and fetuses born during this period are unable to survive.
weeks 16 to 26
The lumina of the bronchi enlarge and lung tissue becomes highly vascularized during the canalicular period. By week 24, respiratory bronchioles and alveolar ducts have developed from the terminal bronchioles. Respiration is possible towards the end of this period, but few fetuses born during this time will survive.
week 26 to birth
The important blood-air barrier is established during the terminal saccular period. Specialized cells of the respiratory epithelium appear at this time, including type I alveolar cells across which gas exchange occurs, and type II alveolar cells which secrete pulmonary surfactant. This surfactant is important in reducing the surface tension at the air-alveolar surface, allowing expansion of the terminal saccules. During this time, the lungs are rock-like and will sink if placed in water but will expand after the first breath, a trait which is used to determine if babies were born alive.[4]
Without the ability to breathe... gas exchange... life can not be sustained.
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