08-19-2015, 04:29 PM
It's what I meant to say, but very poorly worded.
At 20 weeks is when the possibility of fetal pain capacity exists according to credible doctors, and thus the cutoff in the Unborn Child Protection Act. The fetus might not be able to feel pain, but there is credible medical opinion that it might.
There are a few doctors who have guesstimated that there might maybe be some possibility at 18 weeks earliest, and a couple of conservative state lawmakers have used that to set their state's cutoff at 18 weeks.
At 20 weeks is when the possibility of fetal pain capacity exists according to credible doctors, and thus the cutoff in the Unborn Child Protection Act. The fetus might not be able to feel pain, but there is credible medical opinion that it might.
There are a few doctors who have guesstimated that there might maybe be some possibility at 18 weeks earliest, and a couple of conservative state lawmakers have used that to set their state's cutoff at 18 weeks.