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Old 10-31-2008, 10:35 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru View Post
I don't know. I would sooner say she is being misleading and perhaps is misinformed (regarding Obama). I don't know what 13-week fetuses are like to see directly, but my guess is that it wouldn't be a pleasant thing to view. They are rather shaped by that stage, but what's missing is consciousness, etc., as I mentioned, so she probably felt sympathetic to the fetuses for that reason. It would be a tough thing to see--living tissue shaped like a tiny baby.
This is a fetus that is 13 weeks old:


At 13 weeks, a fetus is approximately 2.91 inches long (7.4cm) and weighs around .81oz. The eyes and ears have yet to develop but continue to do so during the 13th week. The heartbeat is undetectable unless using specialized instruments. So while it looks a bit like a baby, it's still nothing like a full-term infant.
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