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41. When the Womb Becomes
A Tomb
The dates reported in the aforementioned journal
are approximate dates signifying when specific
functions and development commence. All are well
documented in medical journals, with some slight
variations. To one who is intellectually honest, the
conclusion is quite clear: life and its processes are
present at fertilization. A new being has been created.
Henceforth nothing else will be needed, except
nutrition.
All of the vigorous activity described above occurs
in the first half of pregnancy. The mother and the
baby are separate individuals from conception. All
characteristics have already been determined including
skin pigmentation, sex, and intelligence potential. The
individual's life as described below consists of
continually overlapping and progressive stages of
growth and development. All that is needed is
nourishment and time to grow.
The life described in the journal did not have a
chance to experience birth at nine months. But please
note that life does not begin at birth. Birth is only an
occasion marking the change of residence of an
already-living, active person. By week twelve the face
has assumed the baby's profile and muscle movements
are more coordinated. The baby now exercises more
energetically, turning its head, curling its toes, opening
and closing its mouth.
Had the baby been allowed to develop into the
fourth month, the mother would be starting to "show."
The baby's ears would be functioning and there is
some evidence that it would be soothed by the
mother's voice and her heart beat as well as other
external noises. The umbilical cord, an engineering
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