Researchers, Pro-Family Groups Scoff at Fetal Pain Study
by Pete Winn, associate editor

Top scientists question validity of report that says preborns don't experience pain until third trimester.
World-renowned scientists have joined hands with pro-family groups to call into question a study on fetal pain published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
The paper, written by five researchers from the University of California-San Francisco, purports to review nearly 2,000 studies on the topic, concluding that fetal anesthesia during abortion is not justified by scientific evidence.
But Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, said the paper isn't really science at all — it's "a political exercise" obviously designed to influence legislation now pending in Congress.

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