Abortion

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|Tear-drop baby |
|First used in the anti-abortion campaign by Dr. J.C. Willke, president and founder of International Right to Life, in his 1971 book, |
|Handbook on Abortion, this picture has circulated through anti-choice brochures and websites without much question of its origin or |
|accuracy. This picture depicts a ruptured tubal pregnancy that Willke would like you to believe is 6-weeks-old. |
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|A 6-week-old fetus, from crown-to-rump, measures 4-5 mm, according to William's Obstetrics, or 1/6-1/5 inch (the size of a BB pellet). The |
|fetus in the photo, when compared to the fingers holding it, appears to be about an inch in length or the size of an 8- to 10-week-old |
|fetus. |
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|We have also posted a photo of a 6-week-old fetus that was published in A Child is Born, by Lennart Nilsson. The two are demonstrably |
|different! Accurately labeling the fetus's gestational age is important because this photo represents the mortality of developing life. One|
|may look at this picture and see a fetus only into its second month of development and think, "look how far it's come." But when labeled |