the unborn child -one of us

Modern science clearly shows that human life

begins at conception. lt is therefore entitled

to all the protections the rest of us enjoy.

18 days after conception the baby's heart is beating.

At I weeks everything to be found in a fullygrown person is formed.

At 11 weeks fingerprints and fingernails appear.

Atlzweeks the baby's lips open and close.It turns its head and can leap around the womb.

At 16 weeks the baby reacts to sound, sucks,swallows and yawns.

At 18 weeks most mothers feel the baby's movements.By pushing with its feet and head, the baby exercisesthe developing muscles. The baby now sucks its thumb.

At 20 weeks the baby sleeps and wakeslike a born baby.

At24 weeks the baby continues moving,hearing and perhaps even dreaming,

At 30-40 weeks the baby, if left undisturbed, will growstronger until it's time to be born.

This leaflet has been co-sponsored by the Second Look Project

Pro Life Campaign,34 Gardiner Street Uppel, Dublin 1Tel: 01-8748090 Fn: 01- 8748094Email: prolife@indigo.ie

We all travelled a similar amazingjourney towards birth. How canwe say the unborn child is not oneof us entitled to protection in its

vulnerability as every one of usis at vulnerable moments in our lives?

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