Madrid, Spain, Jul 23, 2009 / 11:00 am
A group of Spanish professionals are using life-sized models of a 13 week-old fetus to respond to statements by the country’s Minister of Equality, Bibiana Aido, who said in an interview that fetuses at that stage of development are alive but are not human beings.
The group is offering replicas of the "Aido Baby" through its website www.bebe-aido.com to help raise awareness about the development of the unborn during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy.
"Its real size is 5-6 centimeters and all of its organs have already been formed. It only needs to mature and grow," the group said.
On May 19, Minister of Equality, Bibiana Aido, said that a 13 week-old fetus is alive "but is not a human being, because there is no scientific basis for such a claim."