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What is Trichloroethylene? TCE is a toxic chemical which is known to cause liver cancer, kidney cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as well as damage to the central nervous system, liver, kidneys, immune system, reproductive organs and fetal heart defects.
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Centrist Democrats are pro-choice, unequivocally in the case of rape and the health of the mother, but accept limitations at the point of fetal viability.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 7 Dec. 2024
Several states have laws recognizing fetal personhood, but Missouri would be the second — after Alabama — to enshrine it in its constitution.
—Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 5 Dec. 2024
In 2013, Vora and her colleagues described a woman with an advanced neuroendocrine cancer who’d had an abnormal NIPT result even without any detectable fetal health problems.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Centrist Democrats are pro-choice, unequivocally in the case of rape and the health of the mother, but accept limitations at the point of fetal viability.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 7 Dec. 2024
Several states have laws recognizing fetal personhood, but Missouri would be the second — after Alabama — to enshrine it in its constitution.
—Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 5 Dec. 2024
In 2013, Vora and her colleagues described a woman with an advanced neuroendocrine cancer who’d had an abnormal NIPT result even without any detectable fetal health problems.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Fetal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetal. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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fetal
adjective
fe·tal
ˈfēt-ᵊl 
: of, relating to, or being a fetus
Medical Definition
fetal
adjective
fe·tal
variants
or chiefly British foetal
: of, relating to, or being a fetus
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