The public relies on auditors to make critical professional judgments in an objective, professionally skeptical manner. Participants in capital markets who are making investment decisions place trust and confidence in the judgments made by auditors during audits of public company financial statements.
Several scientists have done research that abortion opponents say shows that fetuses can feel pain at 20 weeks after conception. One of those scientists said he believed fetuses could likely feel pain then, but he added that he believed the few abortions performed then could be done in ways to avoid pain.
Most mothers are unable to feel a fetus's movement until around the 20th week of pregnancy. A fetus is an unborn, developing baby. A fetus can be detected in the womb using ultrasound technology. Vaginal ultrasound probes may be inserted into the vagina during pregnancy to obtain an image of the uterus.