This statement provoked ridicule from columnists and reporters. This factual revelation of fetal pain could not go unchallenged by pro- abortionists as research indicates that the more aware one is of the facts about life in the womb, the less likely one is to tolerate abortion. Dr. Vincent Collins, professor of anaesthesiology at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois Medical Centre, was one of the 26 physicians signing the statement. If they cannot tell us about their suffering, then we can observe how they are acting and analyse their behaviour under the pertinent conditions. For example, newborns let us know they are hurting by crying.
Parents soon learn to distinguish between cries of hunger, tiredness, pain or boredom.
Even animals let us know about their suffering by moaning, whimpering, trembling and even crying. We know that if we were injured in a similar way, we would be feeling agonizing pain. Until recently, babies in the womb were inaccessible to our view. In fact, unpleasant sensations are not tolerated very well by the child in the womb. When mother moves too much, baby kicks her.