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Originally Posted by willravel
The fetus is human. That's the only statement necessary in the whole debate. The fetus is human, and is therefore a member of a species that can
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From the online medical dictionary: fetus -->
foetus
<biology, embryology, obstetrics> A developing unborn offspring of an animal that gives birth to its young (as opposed to laying eggs).
From approximately three months after conception the offspring take on a recognisable form (all parts in place, etc.). In human development, the period after the seventh or eighth week of pregnancy is the foetal period.
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Fetus
The unborn offspring of any viviparous mammals, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined.
http://www.online-medical-dictionary...md.asp?q=fetus
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fe·tus (fts)
n. pl. fe·tus·es
1. The unborn young of a viviparous vertebrate having a basic structural resemblance to the adult animal.
2. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after conception to the moment of birth.
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/fetus
will...if you believe a living organism is a fetus at conception/fertilization, I would suggest that the medical consensus does not agree with you.
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Last edited by dc_dux; 08-29-2007 at 09:47 AM..
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