Pro Life Campaign Unborn Child Leaflet 2012

THE UNBORN CHILD ONE OF US

104 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, Ireland 01 6629275 info@prolifecampaign.ie www.prolifecampaign.ie

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NEW ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY IS BRINGING US BETTER IMAGES OF THE ASTONISHING JOURNEY WE ALL FOLLOW FROM CONCEPTION TO BIRTH, SHOWING THAT HUMAN LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION.

• At conception, a baby’s sex is decided, a boy or a girl

• At 16 weeks the baby reacts to sound, sucks, swallows and yawns.

• 18-21 days after conception the baby’s heart is beating.

• At 18 weeks most mothers feel the baby’s movements.

Pushing with feet and head, the baby exercises the developing muscles. The baby now sucks his/her thumb.

• At 8 weeks, everything to be found in a fully-grown person is formed.

• By 12 weeks fingerprints and fingernails appear; the baby’s lips can open and close.

• At 20 weeks the baby sleeps and wakes like a born baby.

• With advances in medical care, babies born as early as 21 weeks can survive and thrive.

• At 30-40 weeks, if left undisturbed, the baby grows stronger until it is time to be born.

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Each of us, as a vulnerable unborn child, completed the journey from conception to birth. How can we then say that the unborn child is not entitled to protection on that journey?

This leaflet has been co-sponsored by the Second Look Project

104 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, Ireland 01 6629275 info@prolifecampaign.ie www.prolifecampaign.ie www.facebook.com/prolifecampaignireland

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