By twenty (20) weeks gestation, the unborn child has the physical
structures necessary to experience pain. There is evidence that by
twenty (20) weeks gestation unborn children seek to evade certain stimuli in a manner that in an infant or an adult would be interpreted
to be a response to pain. Anesthesia is routinely administered to unborn children who are twenty (20) weeks gestational age or more who
undergo prenatal surgery.
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