So how do you "pro-life" men feel about men who pressure their wives and girlfriends into having abortions?

The Journal of American Medical Association says - at 26 weeks it can feel. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded in a meta-analysis of data from dozens of medical reports and studies that fetuses are unlikely to feel pain until the third trimester of pregnancy.23 There is an emerging consensus among developmental neurobiologists that the establishment of thalamocortical connections (at about 26 weeks) is a critical event with regard to fetal perception of pain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_pain#... http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/sho... If you need free counseling while you are making your decision (they respect your decision whatever it is): http://www.yourbackline.org Pro-Choice Momma; Have had an abortion and I have a 16 month old daughter .

I believe in protecting my daughter's choice. Abortion: There is a Consensus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsSQiazUvgo EDIT - Many people are saying that it happens in the first weeks, they are simply ignorant of biology if they believe that. Although fetuses start forming pain receptors 8 weeks into development, the thalamus, the part of the brain that routes information to other areas, doesn't form for 20 more weeks.

http://discovermagazine.com/2005/dec/fetus-feel-pain.

If she has the abortion, her child won't grow up in poverty, which is usually the situation. She was already foolish to have a one night stand without protection and now she wants to commit a child to her same irresponsibility. Look at all the unwed teenagers on the dole in the UK now and the statistics are pretty sorry about what happens to those kids.

Now, I am saying this not to encourage her to have an abortion, but for her to understand where her family is coming from. They ARE looking out for her best interests since she so foolishly engaged in risky sex. She should count herself lucky.

She could have gotten hepatitis or Aids instead of pregnant. As to your specific question, there is no scientific evidence that a fetus can feel pain in the first few months.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.