Simple question.
2007-11-29 02:10:36 · 23 answers · asked by The Space Cowboy 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
More specificaly, how many days/weeks?
2007-11-29 02:13:02 · update #1
Life begins at conception for there are many scriptural references for conception
Isa 49:1, Jer 1:5, Psalm 139:13
but because you asked when does a fetus become a baby the answer lies within terminology
Terminology speaking a fetus does not become a baby until it is born. In the womb the human child is defined as a fetus, outside of the womb, the human child is defined as a baby.
There is more to debate here, but I will give you a simple answer and discuss it later.
Edited 20 minutes later:
If I offended anyone with my statement I apologize. I do not support abortion, I do believe that life begins at conception. Many people on here will ask questions with a skewed slant so as to trap people. I believe that when a woman is pregnant that it is a human child. So when I saw the question, when does a human become a baby, I saw a trapping question. So I went to the dictionary, got the definition of the two. I meant no disrespect. My wife is pregnant and it is such a glorious thing to witness the growth of our baby.
2007-11-29 02:20:28 · answer #1 · answered by Acts 4:12 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋
Well in Islam the fetus becomes a baby after 40 days of conception. It doesn't become a human until 4 months because that is when ALLAH(subhanna wa ta'ala) breathes the soul into the unborn making it a human. Before that is isn't human because it doesn't have a soul.
2007-11-29 09:11:59 · answer #2 · answered by wolfkarew 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Some fetus' advance more quickly than others. I think I was a baby by week seven but most people are not a baby until week fifteen. Some are very late to develop. They aren't really a baby until three months after birth. Unfortunately, some people never advance to be a baby at all. Those are the people that are the least fortunate...
2007-11-29 02:16:41 · answer #3 · answered by clint 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Whenever the law says it does. Development from conceptus to baby is a continuous process. There is no line that can be drawn to say "ok, it is a baby now, and 1 second ago it wasn't", unless the line is arbitrary.
Yet there is no secular argument to be made that a conceptus deserves legal protection. At the same time it's hard to imagine that a new born should not deserve legal protection.
2007-11-29 02:16:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think the better question is when does a fetus NOT become a baby?
2007-11-29 02:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by Eye of Innocence 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
1st week (1st month)
Sex of baby is determined.
Genetic traits are determined.
Embryo travels from fallopian tube to the uterus.
2nd week (1st month)
Egg is implanted on the wall of the uterus.
Placenta develops.
3rd week (1st month)
Heart begins to develop, 18-25 days.
Brain begins to develop.
Intestinal tract begins to develop.
4th - 5th weeks (1st month)
Vertebra begins to develop.
Blood flow begins.
Eye development begins.
Arm and leg development begins.
The umbilical cord begins to form.
6th week (1 - 2 months)
Fingers and the toes appear.
Nose, ears, develop.
Joints are developing.
7th week (1 - 2 months)
All essential organs are developing.
Eyelids form.
8th week (2 months)
Muscle contraction occurs.
Facial features become more prominent.
Heart has four chambers.
9th - 12th week (2 - 3 months)
The baby is about 3 inches long.
The neck develops.
Arms and legs begin to lengthen.
Genitals are well defined.
13th - 16th weeks (3 - 4 months)
The baby is about 6 inches.
Hair begins to develop.
The baby moves.
Lungs develop.
If female, the ovaries contain about 2 million eggs.
The face is more developed.
The baby can suck its thumb.
17th - 20th weeks (4 - 5 months)
The baby is about 8 inches.
Eyebrows form.
Nails on fingers and toes form.
Movement can be felt by mother.
The circulatory system is working.
Swallowing begins to occur.
21st - 24th weeks (5 - 6 months)
The baby is about 11 inches long.
The baby weighs about 1.5 pounds.
Fingerprints form.
The baby can hear and react to sounds from outside the womb.
25th - 28th weeks (6 - 7 months)
The baby is about 15 inches long.
The baby weighs about 2.5 pounds.
Survivability outside the womb is possible.
The baby can react to light from outside the womb.
29th - 32nd weeks (7 - 8 months)
The baby is about 16 inches long.
The baby weighs about 4.5 pounds.
All bones are fully developed.
33rd - 40th weeks (8 - 9 months)
The baby is about 18 - 21 inches long.
The baby weighs about 6 - 8 pounds.
The baby is ready to be born.
Sleep patterns are apparent.
Strong movement is very apparent.
2007-11-29 02:14:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 4⤋
Zero days weeks hours minutes or seconds.
It is human at the moment of conception.
2007-11-29 02:17:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
I don't know; but any fetus of mine would be loved and cherished from the moment of conception.
I can't tell other people what to think or do.
2007-11-29 02:16:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
At conception
2007-11-29 02:21:34 · answer #9 · answered by timmyboy26164 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
For all those people who say human life begins at conception...
PLEASE!!! Please look at the following image and explain how this is a human life...
http://www.countway.harvard.edu/archives/iotm/illustrations/H%20MS%20c161_IVF_1944_Specimen_2.jpg
2007-11-29 02:29:19 · answer #10 · answered by Pitchy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋