Foetal pain – The Pain Jam

The importance of conceptual clarity – defining pain

This blog is closely related to my previous blog – “Stuart Derbyshire on foetal pain”. In that blog I reported that Stuart now rejects his former view that foetuses and early stage infants can’t feel pain because of a change in his theoretical position not because new evidence had emerged. This was intended to highlightContinue reading “The importance of conceptual clarity – defining pain”

Stuart Derbyshire on foetal pain

I’m interested to read that Stuart Derbyshire has changed his opinion on foetal pain. This is important because Stuart, who is associate professor of psychology at the National University of Singapore, has been and is a prominent researcher and commentator on foetal pain. His view was that foetuses and early stage infants can’t experience pain.Continue reading “Stuart Derbyshire on foetal pain”