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Originally Posted by IHOP
What is this world coming to? I just don't get this? 
And I am just as disturbed by the news agency refurring to the BABY as "the fetus" as though it were nothing more than a cancerous growth! |
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Originally Posted by skahar
Yeah at seven mos. it's definitely not a fetus anymore, if it were born today it would more than likely live, so I would call that a baby. At least they are considering it attempted murder. It's just sickening to hear these stories.
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In humans, the fetal (foetal) stage lasts from the eighth week post-conception to birth, which has nothing to do with viability. The use of the term fetus (foetus) in the article indicates that the woman remained pregnant after being beaten; otherwise, the writer would have used the term baby. If, instead, he had written baby, the reader could reasonably conclude that the beating resulted in preterm birth. It's a well-written, if brief, article about a tragic event.
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