In lethal injection, a powerful anesthetic is given first because concentrated potassium chloride causes searing, fire like pain as it travels through the veins. A paralytic follows, then the potassium chloride to stop the heart. Without anesthesia, the person would experience that agony while conscious. In late term abortions, the same potassium chloride (or digoxin) is injected into the unborn child’s heart or umbilical cord to stop the heartbeat before the procedure. No anesthetic is given to the child. Pain receptors are present, neural pathways are functional, and research shows premature infants of similar age are actually more sensitive to pain than full term newborns, partly because the pathways that normally dampen pain signals are not yet mature. The same chemical that requires anesthesia for a condemned prisoner is delivered to an unborn child with none. Ultrasound has documented fetal movement and signs of distress during the process. People who are okay with this, are sick.