The public relies on auditors to make critical professional judgments in an objective, professionally skeptical manner. Participants in capital markets who are making investment decisions place trust and confidence in the judgments made by auditors during audits of public company financial statements.
Several scientists have done research that abortion opponents say shows that fetuses can feel pain at 20 weeks after conception. One of those scientists said he believed fetuses could likely feel pain then, but he added that he believed the few abortions performed then could be done in ways to avoid pain.
Unborn babies canât cry out when they feel pain, but all biological indicators suggest they are capable of feeling pain by at least 20 weeks after fertilization, if not earlier. The evidence of the pain of the unborn. With the advent of sonograms and live-action ultrasound images, neonatologists and nurses are able to see unborn babies at 20 weeks post-fertilization or younger react physically to outside stimuli such as sound, light and touch.