David Bodian, a neurobiologist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, stated that doctors had no evidence that a twelve-week-old fetus could feel pain, but noted the possibility of a reflex movement by a fetus in response to external stimuli such as surgical instruments.
David Bodian, neurobiolog sa sveučilišta Johns Hopkins, navodi da liječnici nisu imali dokaze da je dvanaest tjedana stari fetus mogao osjećati bol, ali je ukazao na mogućnost refleksnih pokreta od strane fetusa u odgovoru na vanjske podražaje poput kirurških instrumenata.