UK Telegraph reports that fetuses may be conscious long before their 24 week limit on abortions.
Baroness Greenfield, a professor of neurology at Oxford University and the director of the Royal Institution, said there was evidence to suggest the conscious mind could develop before 24 weeks, the upper age where terminations are permitted.
Baroness Greenfield opines,
"Given that we can't prove consciousness or not, we should be very cautious about being too gung ho and assuming something is not conscious. We should err on the side of caution."
Really!? Indeed.
Posted yesterday (Ash Wednesday) at GIGO:
A prayer for peace from a solitary voice in the wilderness
I pray that Caesar will punish the wicked and
protect the innocent.
I pray that Peter will not hinder Caesar from his
appointed tasks, but trust him to show mercy and
justice.
I pray that Peter will continue to teach mercy and
justice, just in case.
I pray that Caesar will have swift victory over
his enemies.
I pray that the Shining City will be a beacon of
Truth.
I pray that the innocent will be protected from the
Womb of Eve to the Womb of Terra.
I pray for the people of Babylon, whose tyrant
chose the spear over bread.
I pray for the people of Chosôn, whose
tyrant chose the same.
I pray that the tyrant of Babylon will abdicate
and that the tyrant of Chosôn will drop his
spear.
I pray that the poor will find bread.
I pray that the sons of Ishmael will realize the
Resurrection.
I pray that the sons of Jacob (Israel) will
realize the Kingdom has come.
I pray that the princes of Buddha will realize the
World is worth living in.
I pray that the maidens of Gaia will realize that
there is more beyond the borders of the World.
I pray that the Supermen will realize their
God-given souls.
I pray that the Long Lent will end for the Church
Universal.
I pray that we will plant the resurrected Tree in
the Ash.
I pray that the Shepherds will keep their
saltiness.
I pray that new Shepherds will receive the call.
I pray that the flock will not stray.
I pray that the sons of Sodom find chastity.
I pray that the priests of Mammon find the True
Lord.
I pray that neighbor will not envy neighbor.
I pray that we will love our enemies.
I pray that my sins will be forgiven.