Eighteen days after conception, the unborn child's heart begins to beat. This is only 4 days after the mother misses her first menstrual period.
Six weeks after conception, the unborn child's brain waves are detectable. At 12 weeks, the unborn child recoils from a painful stimulus.
The 1973 Supreme Court decisions of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton legalized abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy.
The total number of abortions perfomed in the U.S. since 1973 exceeds the population of our most populous state, California. The number also exceeds the combined population of 22 states (Wyoming, Alaska, Vermont, North Dakota, Delaware, South Dakota, Montana, Rhode Island, Idaho, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Nevada, Maine, New Mexico, Nebraska, Vermont, West Virginia, Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Indiana, and Oregon).
Texas ranks third in the number of abortions performed annually (85,000+).
In Texas, a minor girl cannot get an aspirin from the school nurse or have her ears pierced without her parent's permission. Yet she may get an abortion without even notifying her parents.
Authorities estimate that 15 to 20 loving couples are waiting to adopt every healthy infant available, and many families are waiting to adopt babies who are born with handicaps.
There are organizations in Austin to assist women in crisis pregnancies from conception to after the birth of their baby.
