Is It a Fetus or a Baby? Remember Pro-Life Day

[Each year the third Tuesday in October is the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity.  It is a day to remember the sanctity of all life, especially that of an unborn child.  It’s a day to remember and reflect.  However, we know that every day should be a day to remember and thank God for the precious gift of life.  Let’s understand why all human life is precious and is also sanctified (set apart for God). Let’s take a stand to protect the lives of those in the womb.]

Question

Is it a Fetus or a Baby?

Answer

The answer to the question is “both.”  

In human development, a fetus is a prenatal human between the embryonic state and birth… The use of the term “fetus” generally implies that an embryo has developed to the point of being recognizable as a human; this is the point usually taken to be the ninth week after fertilization. A fetus is also characterized by the presence of all the major body organs, though they will not yet be fully developed and functional and some not yet situated in their final anatomical location. ¹

What medically is called a fetus is a living, breathing human being so we call he or she is a baby, even before birth.

Reasons for the Sanctity of Life

Are you prepared to give reasons why human life in the womb is sacred?  Can you answer these questions?

1. When does life begin? 
2. When is sex, hair color, eye color determined?
3. When does a baby’s heart start to beat?
4. When can you see the eyes, ears, fingers, and toes?
5. How fast does a baby grow?
6. When can babies smile and frown, wiggles their toes, and suck their thumbs?
7. How much does a baby move in the womb?
8. When can a baby hear?
9. Do babies dream before birth?

Proclaim the miracle of life on Pro-Life Day and every day of the year.

Pro-Life Articles and Videos

• What is the National Sanctity of Human Life Day?
  "Choice" Spoken Word Poetry Video by EZ Zwayne
• What Does It Mean to Be Created in God’s Image?  (article and video)
• Pro-Life Matters  (article and video)
• Who Can Tell Me? (article and video)
• God's Masterpiece  (article and video)
• Formed by His Hand (video)
• The Miracle of Life (video)
• Before Time Began (video + facts and statistics you need to know)
• If Pre-borns Could Talk: A Conversation in the Womb  (article and video)
• When Does a Woman Become a Mother? (Sanctity of Human Life Day)
• Who Are You? (Designed by the Creator video)
• You've Discovered You Are Pregnant (video)

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus

Proclaim the Miracle of Spiritual Life