EXG, and fetal EEG have shown the responsiveness of the human fetus to pain,
             touch, and sound. The following is a statement by an all party parliamentary pro-life
             group on “fetal sentience” in 1996. “Since no direct objective method of assessing fetal
             pain exists, the crucial question with regard to fetal sentience is: At what stage of human
             prenatal development are those anatomical structures subserving the appreciation of pain
             present and functional? The balance of evidence at the present time indicates that these
             structures are present and functional before the tenth week of intrauterine life.” There
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