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"The highest density of pain receptors per square inch of skin in human development occurs in utero from 20 to 30 weeks gestation. During this period, the epidermis is still very thin, leaving nerve fibers closer to the surface of the skin than in older neonates and adult…Thus, a fetus at 20-32 weeks of gestation would experience a much more intense pain than older infants or children or adults…"

[expert testimony provided to the Northern District of the US District Court in CA [15Apr04], Dr. Sunny Anand [Dir, Pain Neurobiology Lab, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research]

 
Help and Hope for Those with an Adverse Prenatal Diagnosis PDF Print E-mail


There are support groups for those who resist pressure from many in the medical community, and instead carry their child to term.

One such group, Prenatal Partners for Life, was founded by Mary Kellet after she and her husband, Don, were blessed with their 11th child, Peter, born in 2005 with Trisomy 18.

This strongly pro-life organization offers support, information and encouragement for carrying to term with an adverse prenatal diagnosis and support for raising a child with special needs after birth -- www.prenatalpartnersforlife.org

  [Pro-Life Action News, April 2008]

 

International Down Syndrome Coalition for Life -- http://idscforlife.wordpress.com/

 

 
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