Babies feel pain at 21 weeks: Doctors say that open fetal surgery should include anesthesia for the fetus
04/11/2018 / By Isabelle Z.
What babies experience in the womb has long been the subject of debate, but experts who don’t have a vested interest in carrying out abortions are being increasingly vocal about the fact that a fetus does feel pain from much earlier than many people would like to believe.
A new study from the University of Seville can now be added to the pile of evidence that fetuses do feel pain. They found that babies are already showing signs of pain in response to stress or when given a harmful stimulus starting at 21 weeks of gestation.
https://www.health.news/2018-04-11-babies-feel-pain-at-21-weeks-doctors-open-fetal-surgery-anesthesia-for-the-fetus.html
