Stunning images of preborn children show that human life begins at fertilization

Incredible images of preborn children show the miracle and beauty of human life in the first trimester of pregnancy. These stunning images share that preborn children are not “clumps of cells” or merely “tissue,” but humans who possess inherent dignity and the right to life. Although small, children inside the womb are persons who deserve the love and protection of society, simply because they are human.

See for yourself these amazing images, dated from the moment of fertilization (conception).

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Photo: Flickr (Lunar Caustic) Human embryo with possible heart bulge at 3-4 weeks post-fertilization

Human child - Ectopic pregnancy - at 4 to 5 weeks, in the first trimester. (Photo credit: Lunar Caustic) — Photo: Flickr (Lunar Caustic) 4-5 weeks post-fertilization/6-7 weeks gestation

Photo: Flickr (Lunar Caustic) 7-week human embryo

6 weeks post-fertilization, 8 weeks LMP — Photo: Flickr (Lunar Caustic) Six weeks from fertilization. Eight weeks gestation/LMP.

Science is clear: Each new human life begins at fertilization image — Photo: Flickr (Lunar Caustic) 6-7 weeks post-fertilization, 8-9 weeks gestation

Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Lunar Caustic) A human embryo 6-7 weeks from fertilization. (8-9 weeks gestational age)

6-7 weeks post-fertilzation — Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Lunar Caustic) 6-7 weeks post-fertilization, 8-9 weeks gestation/LMP

Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Lunar Caustic) 6-7 weeks post-fertilization, 8-9 weeks gestation/LMP

heartbeat, embryo, preborn — Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Lunar Caustic) Human embryo, 6-7 weeks post-fertilization. 8-9 weeks gestation/LMP

ectopic pregnancy, 8-9 weeks gestation — Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Lunar Caustic) 8-9 weeks gestation/6-7 from fertilization

Baby at 7-8 weeks from fertilization — Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Lunar Caustic) 9-10 weeks gestation

FRONTLINE’s ‘The Abortion Divide’ shows abortion is just as painful decades later image — Photo: Wikimedia Commons (LunarCaustic) 10 weeks gestation

Photo: Wikimedia Commons (LunarCaustic) 8-10 weeks

Years after an abortion, Carla held her miscarried baby and realized the truth: ‘I saw a precious little face’ image — Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Lunar Caustic) 10-12 weeks gestation

Editor’s note: These images are attributed to Lunar Caustic and have been reprinted with the permission of the photographer.

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