David Murphy wrote a letter to the editor on Feb. 6 stating that the Women’s Clinic in Manassas does more than just perform abortions.
He stated that the clinic provides educated assistance to women who are considering abortions.
I am curious to know if the facts I have given below are included in their “educated” assistance they are providing to their clients? If I were seeking information about abortions I would sure want to know exactly the stage of development of my unborn child before choosing to terminate my pregnancy with an abortion.
Not every woman has been fortunate enough to know what science reveals to us about fetal development. So, I hope the Women’s Clinic is caring enough to take the responsibility of informing their clients (before they choose an abortion) of the medical facts concerning the unborn child they carry in their wombs.
There are also many known serious health risks to the woman herself when procuring an abortion. I can only hope the clinic is addressing those as well.
Day 1 — conception takes place.
7 days — tiny human implants in mother’s uterus.
10 days — mother’s menses stop.
18 days — heart begins to beat.
21 days — pumps own blood through separate closed circulatory system with own blood type.
28 days — eye, ear and respiratory system begin to form.
42 days — brain waves recorded, skeleton complete, reflexes present.
7 weeks — photo of thumbsucking.
8 weeks — all body systems present.
9 weeks — squints, swallows, moves tongue, makes fist.
11 weeks — spontaneous breathing movements, has fingernails, all body systems working.
12 weeks — weighs one ounce.
16 weeks — genital organs clearly differentiated, grasps with hands, swims, kicks, turns, somersaults, (still not felt by the mother.)
18 weeks — vocal cords work — can cry.
20 weeks — has hair on head, weighs one pound, 12 inches long.
23 weeks — 15 percent chance of viability outside of womb if birth premature.
24 weeks — 56 percent of babies survive premature birth.
25 weeks — 79 percent of babies survive premature birth.
DEBBIE WYKOWSKI
Manassas
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