British scientists managed to film the behavior of the fetus in the earliest stages of pregnancy. This is a video recording of the embryo at the age of 12 weeks, that is, long before the mother begins to sense his movements.

Now it became possible not only to receive photos of the fetus, but in real time in detail to consider how the fetus moves, stretches, yawns, opens the eyes, moves the legs, exploring the possibilities of your body. Image quality is excellent. Unique ultrasound equipment shows that the opening of the eyes of a child occurs not at 26 weeks, as previously thought, but as early as 14.

And by the age of 6 months, his behavior is little different from the newborn, the embryo can make complex movements, swallow and even smile when it is warm and comfortable. Conversely, if the child is slightly pushed, a tiny expression of discontent appears on his tiny face.

The data that the creator of the system, Professor Stuart Campbell, one of the leading midwives in the United Kingdom, has fired up a new argument about the humanity of abortion. The professor himself was amazed, for the first time he saw how early the children develop, and moved to the camp of opponents of abortion. He requires at least not to make abortions 14 weeks or more after conception, if a woman is able to give birth to a healthy child. Over the past year alone, more than 13,000 women have done such operations in Britain. The ability to watch the fetus costs the future moms at 275 pounds (about $ 500) per hour. While this technology is intended only to detect abnormalities in the development of the embryo, for example, the first signs of infantile cerebral palsy. But the doctor hopes that in the future to afford such a survey every woman can and will not kill her child by looking at his first movements. However, the right to decide whether the child will live, still remains for the inhabitants of Britain themselves. No attempt is made to introduce forced childbirth by the government to take. Americans are desperately jealous of them: President Bush has already made an attempt on abortions in late terms, though not very successfully - the Constitution prevented, and does not intend to dwell on it. Ideally, the US president wants to completely ban abortion, regardless of the stage of pregnancy and the risk for a future mother.

Medicus. En.

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