When Does Life Begin - Your Answer Matters

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A flash of light occurs
when each new human life
begins at conception.

Award winning photo
of probably youngest
living human being.
Ectopic pregnancy.

8-week-old fetus.
All major organs are already
in place and functioning.

Third trimester fetus.
Moving. Learning. Crying.
Smiling. Dreaming.

A flash of light occurs
when each new human life begins at conception.

Award winning photo of probably youngest living human being. Ectopic pregnancy.

8-week-old fetus.
All major organs are already
in place and functioning.

Third trimester fetus. Moving. Learning. Crying. Smiling. Dreaming.

At the moment of conception, hair and eye color is determined.

Two weeks after conception, babies are already growing their fingernails.

A fetus starts to hear sounds at just 16 weeks.

In the third trimester, a fetus will track patterns of light shaped like faces and show less interest in other patterns.