Timeline of Fetal Development Survey When Does Life Begin?
The Timeline of Fetal Development

Conception || First Trimester
- Unique human DNA is present, distinct from the DNA of both mother and father. Only humans have human DNA.
- Rapid growth is taking place. Only living beings grow.
- The baby has either male or female chromosomes.
- Nothing new will be added to this person from now until the moment he eventually dies. He will simply grow and develop.

3 Weeks || First Trimester
- Blood vessels have formed.
- The baby’s heart began to beat at 18 days and is now pumping his unique blood, distinct from the blood of his mother, through his fully formed veins.
- The foundations of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system are all in place.
- The baby’s eyes have begun to form.
- This is the earliest the Mom might be able to determine that she is pregnant, via a pregnancy test or physical changes.

6 Weeks || First Trimester
- The brain has been divided into its 3 parts: emotion, hearing, and sight.
- The part of the brain that controls complex thinking and reasoning, which is not present in any mammal other than humans, has begun to form.
- The baby’s skeleton is in place.
- Ear and respiratory systems are forming.
- Reflex responses are present.
- The baby is beginning to move.

9 Weeks || First Trimester
- Brain waves have been detectable for two weeks.
- Every organ and 99% of muscles are present.
- The liver is making blood cells.
- The kidneys are functioning.
- The stomach is producing digestive juices.
- Insulin can be found in the pancreas.
- The baby can suck his thumb and bend his fingers around an object.
- The baby is sensitive to physical touch and pain.

12 Weeks || First Trimester
- The baby can make facial expressions, including smiling, frowning, squinting, and furrowing his brow.
- The baby’s fingerprints are visible.
- The baby is breathing steadily.
- The baby’s fingernails and toenails are fully formed.
- The baby’s taste buds are working.
- The baby can swallow.
- The baby can cry and kick.

13+ Weeks || Second Trimester
- The baby is fully capable of feeling pain.
- The baby’s vocal chords are present.
- The baby can hear. Loud music will cause him to cover his ears.
- The baby’s sex can be determined.
- The baby is swimming and turning somersaults, and his mom will start to feel movement.
- Rapid Eye Movement (REM) indicative of dreaming can be recorded.
- Babies are typically fully viable by the end of the second trimester, if not earlier.

33+ Weeks || Third Trimester
- The baby recognizes his mom’s voice.
- The baby is gaining about an ounce of weight a day.
- 41 of the 45 total generations of cell replication that will take place by mature adulthood have already taken place. In developmental terms, as measured by cell replication, 90% of the growth we do in our lives happens in utero.

40 Weeks || Full Term
- The average newborn weighs 7 pounds and measures 20 inches.
- His mom’s voice is the baby’s favorite sound.
- White noise will calm the baby because it reminds him of the rhythmic noises he heard in utero.
- The baby has more brain cells than an adult.
- Human babies are the only species that smile at their parents.
Understanding Abortion During These Stages
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Nearly every medical contraceptive also has the potential to cause an abortion.
These drugs and devices act on the lining of the uterus to make it hostile to implantation by a new baby. If conception occurs while one of these methods is being used, the baby will die when he is unable to implant in the uterus, which would provide him with nutrition. He is
starved to death.The Morning After Pill is not a contraceptive but acts only after a child has been conceived. It hardens the lining of the uterus, making it
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The Abortion Pill: The first pill taken in the abortion pill process—called Mifopristone or RU-486—stops the mother’s body from producing progesterone—the hormone naturally produced when a woman is pregnant. This causes the lining of the uterus to break down, starving the baby to death. One to two days after taking the first pill, the mother takes a second pill, which forces her body into labor until she gives birth to a dead baby.
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There are two types of abortion that can be performed at 6 weeks:
The Abortion Pill: The first pill taken in the abortion pill process—called Mifopristone or RU-486—stops the mother’s body from producing progesterone—the hormone naturally produced when a woman is pregnant. This causes the lining of the uterus to break down, starving the baby to death. One to two days after taking the first pill, the mother takes a second pill, which forces her body into labor until she gives birth to a dead baby.
Menstrual Extraction: The abortionist dilates (expands) the mother’s cervix, enabling him to insert a small suction device into her uterus. When this device is turned on, the baby is violently sucked from the womb.
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There are two common methods of abortion at 9 weeks:
The Abortion Pill: The first pill taken in the abortion pill process—called Mifopristone or RU-486—stops the mother’s body from producing progesterone—the hormone naturally produced when a woman is pregnant. This causes the lining of the uterus to break down, starving the baby to death. One to two days after taking the first pill, the mother takes a second pill, which forces her body into labor until she gives birth to a dead baby.
Suction-Aspiration: The abortionist paralyzes the mother’s cervical muscle ring (opening of the uterus) and stretches it open. He then inserts into the uterus a small suction device with a knife-like edge on the tip. He turns on the suction, which tears the baby’s body into pieces, sucking each piece out of the uterus individually. He then uses the knife-like edge of the device to scrape the placenta from the uterus.
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The most common abortion method at 12 weeks is suction-aspiration. The abortionist paralyzes the mother’s cervical muscle ring (opening of the uterus) and stretches it open. He then inserts into the uterus a small suction device with a knife-like edge on the tip. He turns on the suction, which tears the baby’s body into pieces, sucking each piece out of the uterus individually. He then uses the knife-like edge of the device to scrape the placenta from the uterus.
Another method of abortion at 12 weeks is dilation and curettage. The abortionist paralyzes the mother’s cervical muscle ring and stretches it open. He inserts a tool called a curette—a loop shaped steel knife—into the mother’s uterus. He uses this to cut the baby into pieces and scrape out the body parts.
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The most common method of abortion in the second trimester is dilation and evacuation. The abortionist begins by dilating the
mother’s cervix. He then inserts a pliers-like instrument into the uterus. With this, he seizes one of the baby’s body parts—most often beginning with a leg—and, with a twisting motion, tears it from the baby’s body and removes it from the uterus. This action is repeated over and over until the baby has been killed and every part of his body removed. In order to remove the torso, the baby’s spine must be snapped and in order to remove his head, his skull must be crushed. -
The most common abortion procedure throughout the third trimester,
up to 9 months, is induction abortion. The abortionist first uses a large needle to inject digoxin or potassium chloride into the baby’s heart, torso, or head, through the mother’s abdomen or vagina. The lethal dose of the solution causes cardiac arrest—the baby’s heart stops beating and he dies. The next day, the abortionist may administer a second lethal injection to ensure that the child has been killed. He then gives the mother labor-inducing drugs. Within two to four days the mother delivers a dead baby.Partial-Birth Abortion is another method that is used at 9 months and is legal in 29 states. The baby is delivered feet first until everything but his head has emerged from the birth canal. At that point, the abortionist jams a pair of scissors into the base of the baby’s skull to create an opening. He then inserts a suction tube into the opening and
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Partial-Birth Abortion is an abortion method that can be used up to the point of birth. It is legal in 29 states. The baby is delivered feet first until everything but his head has emerged from the birth canal. At that point, the abortionist jams a pair of scissors into the base of the baby’s skull to create an opening. He then inserts a suction tube into the opening and sucks out the child’s brain.
Additionally, children who survive abortions are often unprotected in the United States of America. While it is never legal to directly kill a child once he has emerged from his mother’s birth canal, only 15 states require full medical care and legal protections for infants born after an attempted abortion. In other words, in 35 states, these children can legally be put aside and allowed to starve to death.