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DnDer posted...

Fetuses can't feel pain. Not at that point in development. That's Silent Scream disinformation.

Thank you for the correction.

DnDer posted...

No.

Just. No.

No they don't.

(You're citing an average time. And I've got a half dozen sources that say anything from five weeks to "maybe 8 weeks, but doctors need to test more," and one that says only 1 in 3 women know by 8 weeks. You're making a blanket statement that is looking at a curve and making an unsafe assumption, given the conditions surrounding abortion access in America.)

I wasn't citing an average. The average I read is 6 weeks. With 8 weeks being when a more sizable majority (80%+) has found out.

But even if these dozen sources are wrong or I terribly misread them it doesn't mean much in context since the discussion is referring to 16 week deadlines. The amount of women who don't know by then is almost certainly a low single digit percentage.

DnDer posted...

They're 100% wrong about that, too. There's electrical impulses that mimic a heartbeat.

I suppose. I'm sure whatever's happening in there isn't remotely similar to what's happening out here. But I assume they're arguing from sentiment.