08-19-2015, 09:08 PM
(08-19-2015, 08:45 PM)Maggot Wrote: Maybe if a needle is inserted into a 20 week old fetus and if it twitches it feels pain? Try a 19 week old, an 18 etc if it twitches it feels pain. Not sure how that works.
Some of the research has been in the course of monitoring hospitalized premature babies.
If you get time and you're interested, this is an article from several years back about the doctor who first claimed "20 weeks" is possible for pain capacity and why.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/magazi...wanted=all
P.s. You're a good person and I love you Mags, even when I don't agree with you and think you're full of it. To prove my affection, I'm keeping the hell out of your Beach Booby thread.