Planned Parenthood’s Fetal Development Info Lacks Major Facts by
Jennie Stone | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 9/29/11 12:24 PM
The following excerpts are from the Q&A section of Planned
Parenthood’s website about fetal development, called “Pregnancy
Week by Week.” It conveniently neglects some big milestones
during prenatal life. If a pregnant girl were to look for facts
about her unborn baby’s development on Planned Parenthood’s
page, she would receive only a small fraction of the information
she desires. Planned Parenthood describes gestational age by LMP
(last menstrual period); certain milestones appear as though
they occur later after conception than they actually do. For
example, when Planned Parenthood says “Weeks 5-6,” this simply
defines when the woman’s last menstruation was, and her unborn
baby is actually only 3-4 weeks old: “The ball of cells develops
into an embryo at the start of the sixth week. The embryonic
stage of pregnancy will last about five weeks. During this time
all major internal o