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Originally posted by jjkenobi
In the hospital right now this second what determines if a person is alive or not? Pulse. Heartbeat.
As soon as a fetus has a heartbeat it's alive.
Prenatal Development When does brain development begin? Brain development begins with the formation and closure of the neural tube, the earliest nervous tissue that looks like a fat earthworm stretched out along the entire back of the embryo. The neural tube forms from the neural plate, which begins forming just sixteen days after conception. This plate lengthens and starts folding up, forming a groove at around eighteen days, which then begins fusing shut into a tube around twenty-two days post-conception. By 27 days, the tube is fully closed and has already begun its transformation into the brain and spinal cord of the embryo.
THE PLACENTA The organ that allows a baby to "breathe" in the uterus is called the placenta.
This organ resembles a large, flat disc and is composed largely of blood vessels. In their book, "You, Having A Baby," Michael Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet Oz, M.D. note that the placenta is a very odd organ.
It forms in the mother's body--inside the uterus, to be precise--rather than the baby's, but it's composed of embryonic tissue. In other words, the baby forms an organ outside its body, and this organ implants deep in the lining of the uterus.
FUNCTION What we call breathing--the pulling of air into the lungs and pushing of used air back out again--is nothing more than a mechanism for drawing oxygen into the respiratory tissues.
From there, oxygen is transferred into the bloodstream and pumped by the heart to all the body's cells.
Technically, therefore, if there were a way to get oxygen directly into the bloodstream, the physical act of breathing wouldn't be necessary at all.
Since a baby has no way of breathing air, it has to rely on an alternative mechanism for getting oxygen, so this is where the placenta comes into play.
Originally posted by Cosmic911
I don't know. I'm not a woman therefore I am not qualified to answer a question regarding abortion. It's none of my business right here right today. That's what is wrong with this country today, too many people concerned about matters that do not involve them.
Originally posted by Maslo
Originally posted by jjkenobi
In the hospital right now this second what determines if a person is alive or not? Pulse. Heartbeat.
As soon as a fetus has a heartbeat it's alive.
Nope, brain death is medical and legal criterion of death.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Originally posted by Cosmic911
I don't know. I'm not a woman therefore I am not qualified to answer a question regarding abortion. It's none of my business right here right today. That's what is wrong with this country today, too many people concerned about matters that do not involve them.
You don't think that you should have a say, as a man, if your gf decided to get an abortion?
Your feelings about your child aren't important?
I think that's one of the biggest problems in our society right now, we make everything gender based. Aborting is a genderless issue, it does effect men as it effects women, but in different ways.
I'm pro choice but I'm also an egalitarian. A women carrying my baby had better consult me before making such a life changing decision.
~Tenth
Originally posted by timetothink
reply to post by Cosmic911
I disagree, I think it is everyone's business when it comes to the safety of children and the unborn.
Protecting the innocent should be everyone's business.
Originally posted by windword
Dude, your issue isn't with abortion, your issue is not being able to control the outcome of your sexual actions and your relationships.
Originally posted by Honor93
i find your generality offensive, thank you very much.
it is a decided issue
clean and safe or risky and filthy ??
there are no 'other' options.
Originally posted by Honor93
it would be, why would you think it wouldn't ?
forcing anyone to perform against their will is victimizing them.
Originally posted by watchitburn
Bottom line:
It is not your, mine, or anyone else's business what other people do with their body.
It is especially not the right of the Govt. to have any say in the matter.
Originally posted by Jennyfrenzy
Thy didn't care that my 4 year old niece saw those pictures. They claim to be pro child yet they show pictures of fetuses to children.
Functional maturity of the cerebral cortex is suggested by fetal and a neonatal electroencephalographic patterns, studies of cerebral metabolism, and the behavioral development of neonates. First, intermittent electroencephalograpic bursts in both cerebral hemispheres are first seen at 20 weeks gestation; they become sustained at 22 weeks and bilaterally synchronous at 26 to 27 weeks.39 By 30 weeks, the distinction between wakefulness and sleep can be made on the basis of electroencephalo- graphic patterns.
When does the fetus's brain begin to work? Generally speaking, the central nervous system (which is composed of the brain and the spinal cord) matures in a sequence from "tail" to head.
In just the fifth week after conception, the first synapses begin forming in a fetus's spinal cord.
By the sixth week, these early neural connections permit the first fetal movements--spontaneous arches and curls of the whole body--that researchers can detect through ultrasound imaging. Many other movements soon follow--of the limbs (around eight weeks) and fingers (ten weeks), as well as some surprisingly coordinated actions (hiccuping, stretching, yawning, sucking, swallowing, grasping, and thumb-sucking). By the end of the first trimester, a fetus's movement repertoire is remarkably rich, even though most pregnant women can feel none of it. (Most women sense the first fetal movements around eighteen weeks of pregnancy.)