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. 2020 May 7;61(1):283–294. doi: 10.47162/RJME.61.1.35

Table 9.

The opinion on the moment that makes the difference between a fetus and a child

When do you consider that there is a difference between abortion of fetus and a child? (Respondents: persons who believed that they abort a fetus or a child, this depending on the time of abortion)

 

Percentage

Over 14 weeks (the period legally accepted for abortion)

37.5%

From the very first heart beat (18 days)

33.3%

When the child has all organs contoured and can move by himself (12 weeks)

18.1%

When the first encephalon traces are being felt and the child has formed all internal and external organs (seven weeks)

2.8%

At the beginning of the central nervous system, liver, kidneys, stomach (six weeks)

1.7%

When the unborn child has all the characteristics that we can clearly observe to a child after birth

1.4%

When you can clearly distinguish his features (nose, cheeks, eyes) (five weeks)

1.2%

Other

1%

I don’t know

3%

Total

100%