the fetus begins to develop memory around 30 weeks after conception.
the fetus begins to develop memory around 30 weeks after conception.
when does the fetus begin to develop memory?
around 30 weeks after conception
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although the two main sides of the abortion debate tend to agree that a human fetus is biologically and genetically human (that is, of the human species), they often differ in their view on whether or not a human fetus is, in any of various ways, a "person". pro-life supporters argue that abortion is morally wrong on the basis that a fetus is an innocent human person or because a fetus is a potential life that will, in most cases, develop into a fully functional human being. they believe that a fetus is a person upon conception. others reject this position by drawing a distinction between "human being" and "human person", arguing that while the fetus is "innocent" and "biologically human", it is not a "person" with a "right to life". in support of this distinction, some propose a list of criteria as markers of personhood. for example, mary ann warren suggests consciousness (at least the capacity to feel pain), reasoning, self-motivation, the ability to communicate, and self-awareness. according to warren, a being need not exhibit all of these criteria to qualify as a person with a right to life, but if a being exhibits "none" of them (or perhaps only one), then it is certainly not a person. warren concludes that as the fetus satisfies only one criterion, consciousness (and this only after it becomes susceptible to pain), the fetus is not a person and abortion is therefore morally permissible. other philosophers apply similar criteria, concluding that a fetus lacks a right to life because it lacks brain waves or higher brain function, self-consciousness, rationality, and autonomy. these lists diverge over precisely "which" features confer a right to life, but tend to propose various "developed" psychological or physiological features not found in fetuses.
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