The article mentions that premature babies feel pain (not clear how premature, back in 1987 that might have been six or seven months' gestation. My late wife w

The article mentions that premature babies feel pain (not clear how premature, back in 1987 that might have been six or seven months' gestation. My late wife was a neonatal intensive care nurse, and like most such nurses had a great deal of empathy for their tiny patients. And of course this has implications for the abortion debate, as noted by many commenters further down this page.