Is a fetus conscious? Interesting question. My acceptance of abortion isn’t based on “choice” as much as I don’t believe that the first trimester fetus is a human being with any level of sapience. My misgivings about 2nd & 3rd trimester abortions revolve around this. This article seems to leave 1st trimester abortions (over 90%) alone-but introduces some doubts into the second trimester variety. If there are non-trivial doubts, that is a serious consideration. Finally, as far as consciousness, one thing they didn’t mention is that many human beings remember that it was around 3 or 4 that they became self-aware, that “memories” are imprinted. I can tell you how I viewed the world at 4 years, but not at 4 months.
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