We consider the possibility that the mere experience of pain, without the capacity for self reflection, is morally significant. We believe that fetal pain does not have to be equivalent to a mature adult human experience to matter morally, and so fetal pain might be considered as part of a humane approach to abortion.
Derbyshire SWG, Bockmann JC. J Med Ethics 2020;46:3–6.
Percuity 