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Just a clump of cells, amirite?

> Just a clump of cells, amirite?
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Just a clump of cells, amirite

To be fair, this is at nearly 8 month. I think the psychos who justify abortion as birth control start to back off from the clump of cells argument at that point. Sadly, not all of them.

RFK Jr underestimated how evil women could be, so I could be wrong.

> "But then I learned I was wrong, that there are actually a huge amount, comparatively, of elective abortions at that time," the independent candidate continued. - R.F.K. Jr

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Children that young are not capable of smiling. The child was grunting likely due to digestion. I like the thought but suggesting a baby in the womb is capable of consciously smiling misrepresents the situation.

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Unborn babies can start smiling as early as 13 to 14 weeks into a pregnancy. In fact, some studies suggest that fetuses may even be able to respond to flavors in the womb, with fetuses exposed to carrots more likely to smile and those exposed to kale more likely to cry.

Campbell (2004) shows a smile of a fetus at 33 weeks of conception. Piontelli (2010) mentions that fetuses start to smile from 13 to 14 weeks of conception, and the smiles increase from 16 to 18 weeks.

Source (sciencedirect.com)

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Research has shown that fetuses can make reflexive facial expressions, including smiling, as early as 24 weeks of gestation, observed through 4D ultrasounds. However, these expressions are not socially driven but rather reflexive responses to stimuli. For example, a study by Durham University found that fetuses exposed to different flavors, such as carrot or kale, displayed laughter-like or crying-like facial expressions. These reactions indicate reflexive neural activity, not emotional or social smiling.

https://www.humintell.com/2022/10/babies-smile-in-utero-when-mom-eats-carrots-but-frown-when-its-kale/

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Which is what I said above.