![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The molecules making up the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of the father and mother combine to create a human life that never existed before. New advances in technology have enabled scientists to observe the amazing changes that take place in the nucleus of this one-celled fertilized egg. The development of all the parts of an embryo begins at conception, when the ovum, or egg cell, of the woman is fertilized by a sperm cell of the man. So if Gianna was a person after seven and a half months in the womb, might one not logically conclude that she was a person at five weeks-although not as developed? She had a heart beating 80 times a minute that forced blood through vessels. Well, then, what about Gianna when she was a five-week-old embryo, measuring a third of an inch in length? True, her body parts were not yet fully formed, but the foundation for her nervous system, including her brain, had been established. You probably agree that she was actually a person, since she continued her life as a person outside the womb. By the time Gianna had been inside her mother’s womb for seven and a half months, her body parts were clearly developed. government committee hearing on the subject of abortion. This testimony was given by 19-year-old Gianna in 1996 before a U.S. * She added: “I am the person she aborted. “MY BIOLOGICAL mother was 17 years old and 7 1/2 months pregnant when she made the decision to have a saline abortion,” explained Gianna. ![]()
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