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To: i-node who wrote (875656)	7/27/2015 6:19:07 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By tejek Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578178

No, but modern science can determine with a great deal of certainty when something has no chance of sentience. And that isn't well before 20 weeks. Like with pain, lacking the proper brain structures make that impossible.

To: i-node who wrote (875656)	7/27/2015 7:55:02 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578178

When Does Consciousness Arise in Human Babies? Does sentience appear in the womb, at birth or during early childhood? By Christof Koch scientificamerican.com

To: i-node who wrote (875656)	7/28/2015 2:21:20 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578178

Modern science has not established the point at which a fetus becomes sentiment, however, it could well be prior to the 20 weeks period often thought of as the cutoff time for abortions. Huh? Did you know that babies when watching a ball that rolls behind the couch assume the ball no longer exists because they can not see it? That's hardly sentience. I think its around 1 year old where they realize that even though they can no longer see something doesn't mean its gone for good. Scientists believe that a dog has the intelligence of a 2 year old human: Dogs' Intelligence On Par With Two-year-old Human And I do not think of dogs as sentient. So all this brouhaha around fetuses and their sentience is just more winger BS.