http://www.metafilter.com/tags/mrc Posts tagged with 'mrc' at MetaFilter. Thu, 30 Aug 2001 19:24:33 -0800 Thu, 30 Aug 2001 19:24:33 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/9768/ <a href="http://www.wha-obgyn.com/viewArticle?ID=145353">Fetuses may be able to feel pain as early as 20 weeks gestation.</a> "Members of the Medical Research Council's (MRC) expert group on fetal pain, led by Professor Eve Johnstone of Edinburgh University, say the finding could have important implications for the treatment of thousands of very premature infants born every year." It frankly makes my pro-choice conscience squirm a little, too. tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.9768 Thu, 30 Aug 2001 19:24:33 -0800 abortion fetuses gestation medicalresearchcouncil mrc prematurebirth RylandDotNet