Fetal Pain Study Draws Fire

A group of doctors is publshing a new study that claims fetuses feel no pain until the 7th week of pregnancy. Obviously, therefore, they would conclude there is nothing wrog about aborting a fetus before that point, right. Um, no. Guess what, if you believe a fetus is human, it is still killing a human life. Plus, there is this little gem toward the end.

When doctors operate on fetuses to correct defects before birth, general anesthesia is given to the mother primarily to immobilize the fetus and to make the uterus relax, Rosen said. Anesthesia during fetal surgery increases the mother's risks for breathing problems and bleeding from a relaxed uterus, the researchers said...Administering anesthesia directly to the fetus is also sometimes done but generally to reduce the release of potentially harmful fetal stress hormones, Rosen said. There is little research on its effects, the authors said.

And what triggers "fetal stress hormones"? Well, it couldn't be pain, or something close enough to it to indicate harmful effects on the fetus. Um, sounds like it DOES indicate that to me. I ain't no doctor, but this all smells horribly fishy to me.