Thank for the comments. FYI it was not even a
feutus yet…3 weeks, no heart yet.
Heart beating starts at 21 days, or 3 weeks.
Anyway regarding this, there are different understandings of
it.. for example most Buddhists I believe understand that there is
consciousness at the moment of birth or conception. Some Buddhists
however including my Taiwanese teacher's understanding is that the
fetus becomes conscious only after the body is taking shape around
2-3 months.
Nevertheless even whether or not it has consciousness, or even
if it does not have consciousness, the body already serves as a
condition for becoming a human... the conditions of a human life
are already present and destroying the life would still be killing.
So anyway the best would be to dedicate merits for whatever
conscious being concerned/affected by the act of abortion even if
they may not have taken rebirth yet or are still in the state of
'zhong ying sheng'.