Fetal Blood

In the book, titled, “Myth Information,” author J. Allen Varasdi goes through five hundred common myths.

One myth concerns the blood of a person in the stage of life we term, “fetal.”

The book states:

It is generally believed that during gestation the mother’s blood supply and the blood of the fetus are combined and circulated in a single system. This is not true. Maternal and fetal circulation are entirely separate, and at no time is there an exchange of blood between the two.

The organ responsible for the survival of the fetus is the placenta. The fetus is connected to the placenta via the umbilical cord. However, only the blood of the fetus moves through the arteries and veins of this cord.

When the fetus’ blood enters the placenta, tiny hairlike growths, called villa, transfer to the fetus molecules of oxygen, protein, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins as well as remove the fetal waste products. These essential substances are supplied to the placenta by the mother’s blood. However, they are only transferred at the placenta, and the two blood systems do not mix in the process.” (pg. 96)

This is yet further scientific evidence against the popular chant, "My body, my choice."

I've found though that it's quite easy to show people the humanity of the unborn by just tracing back your life and thinking about one's own prenatal existence.

I was certainly the same human being the day before I was born as the day of my birth.

One month prior to the day I was born, I suppose I weighed less, but other than that, I was still me.

What about four months prior to the day of my birth? Was it me? Was I there? Did I have a body?

The obvious answer to all of these questions is “yes.”

It was me, I was there, and I had a body.

This leads of course to the first and second day that I was inside of my mother.

Was it me that was in there? Yes. Was I truly present? Yes. Did I have a body? The answer of course, yes.

I had the body of a human being at two days old.

We may be unfamiliar with that type of body, yet familiarity does not denote whether something is true.

It should be made known that it is next to impossible- if not indeed impossible- to find accurate information regarding the biology of the unborn on websites of organizations that provide and/or promote abortion.

In fact, I dare any doubting reader to go online and find a time-line of the biology of the unborn on either Planned Parenthood or NOW’s websites. (Besides, if you do find accurate and details information, I'd love to know about it).

Ironically, these are organizations that many believe are tirelessly educating women about their bodies. The truth is, the only organizations equipping women with empowering information are those that find abortion degrading to women.