When a planned abortion occurs does the baby feel pain?

This is simply begging the question. You assume it isn't human, even though it is alive and has human DNA, and then pass judgment that it is not a person.

The fetus is alive and death injures it.

The fetus has the nature of a human and is injured by killing it by scraping, ripping, and/or sucking its brains out as late term abortions are sometimes done.

Then that means the mother has no feelings about the life that has been removed from her womb, that wonderful place that only a woman in her nature has.

Does this really leave the woman uninjured? Countless women are psychologically harmed when they kill the child in their womb.

it depends on how far along the fetus is. Until the 20th week the fetus doesn't feel pain. after the 20th to 22nd week a fetus will feel pain. It is because of this that most doctors discourage abortions after the 20th week. Before that the fetus which for the first three weeks is no more than a group of cells dose not feel any pain.

I hope this helps you out.

Edit: There are many sites that will not give scientific proof but will be affiliated with religious groups. The site I gave you gives the best explanation I have seen

it's been medically proven that a fetus CANNOT feel pain until 20-26 weeks gestation. that's when the parts of the brain necessary for feeling sensation are formed, and that's when these parts are hooked up and functioning. so a first trimester and early to mid second trimester abortion cannot cause suffering to the fetus. anyone who says otherwise is ignorant or a liar who just wants to push their anti-abortion agenda on the masses through said lies and manipulation.

The foetus can detect pain from about 26 weeks. It requires thalamocortical connections, you see.

Incidentally, cows can feel pain when they're slaughtered. Questions like pain are red herrings in the context of the abortion debate. Causing pain is accepted in many circumstances, it doesn't make something inherently immoral.

Depends upon at what point in the pregnancy the abortion occurs. If it's fairly soon after conception, there isn't a spinal cord so I would be inclined to say no...

It depends how far along the pregnancy is. If there aren't enough nerve and brain cells, the baby cannot feel anything.

not in the early stages of the pregnancy when it's just a 'cell' (only takes a tablet to abort)

later on , when the baby is no longer just a 'cell' can hear/breathe/see and it depends on you , yeah it most definatly can.

after all , it takes surgical equipment and operations to abort.

people don't tend to think about that if they intend of having one , it can be really upsetting :[

that's why i could never have one.

-xo

absolutely

Real time ultrasonography, fetoscopy, study of the fetal EKG (electrocardiogram) and fetal EEG (electroencephalogram) have demonstrated the remarkable responsiveness of the human fetus to pain, touch, and sound. That the fetus responds to changes in light intensity within the womb, to heat, to cold, and to taste (by altering the chemical nature of the fluid swallowed by the fetus) has been exquisitely documented in the pioneering work of the late Sir William Lily — the father of fetology."

Wouldn't that depend on how far along the fetus is?

The fetus would not be developed enough to even be aware of it's surroundings.