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==Prenatal pain==
[[File:Pregnancy timeline.png|thumb|400px|right|Pregnancy timeline]]
The hypothesis that human fetuses are capable of perceiving [[pain]] in the first trimester has little support, although fetuses at 8 weeks respond to touch.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Marx|first1=Viola|last2=Nagy|first2=Emese|date=2015-06-08|title=Fetal Behavioural Responses to Maternal Voice and Touch|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=10|issue=6|pages=e0129118|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0129118|issn=1932-6203|pmc=4460088|pmid=26053388|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1029118M}}</ref> Some media describe a scientific "consensus", based on a 2005 study, that a fetus is not capable of feeling pain until the third trimester, specifically "around 29 to 30 weeks' gestational age, based on the limited data available."
In March 2010, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists submitted a report,<ref name="royalcollege">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rcog.org.uk/files/rcog-corp/RCOGFetalAwarenessWPR0610.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002222748/http://www.rcog.org.uk/files/rcog-corp/RCOGFetalAwarenessWPR0610.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-10-02|title=Fetal Awareness – Review of Research and Recommendations for Practice|date=March 2010|publisher=[[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]]|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> concluding that "Current research shows that the sensory structures are not developed or specialized enough to respond to pain in a fetus of less than 24 weeks",<ref name="royalcollege" />{{rp|22}}
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