Transformed by a beaming smile, this is the tiny face of a foetus just 17 weeks old.<\/p>\n
The scan implies that a baby can experience feelings such as happiness and pain much earlier in its development than previously thought.<\/p>\n
It will prompt further calls from doctors and campaigners to lower the upper abortion limit from 24 weeks…..<\/p>\n
Professor Stuart Campbell, who took the picture at his London clinic with 3-D and 4-D scanning equipment, said it did not necessarily show the unborn child had feelings\u00a0 –\u00a0 but it was certainly displaying human behaviour.<\/p>\n
‘This is a joyful expression of the humanity of the foetus. I have seen a foetus making a crying face at around 18 or 19 weeks, but not a nice smile.<\/p>\n
‘This is the earliest on record\u00a0 –\u00a0 it is just a delight.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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