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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.
But Condic said unborn children have a capacity to feel pain much earlier. âThe neural circuitry responsible for the most primitive response to pain, the spinal reflex, is in place by 8 weeks of development,â she explained. âThis is the earliest point at which the fetus experiences pain in any capacity.â.