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Less than one percent of abortions occur after 20 weeks, and these are usually carried out due to extreme fetal medical issues, and/or a risk to the health of the mother.
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt secretly filmed Planned Parenthood executives in California and edited the clips in a way that purported to show them selling fetal remains.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
Development of the fetal bones suggests the woman was 7 to 9 months pregnant.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Among them is Kentucky state Rep. Jim Gooch Jr., a Baptist great-grandfather who is trying for the second time to expand circumstances in which doctors can perform abortions, including for incomplete miscarriages and fatal fetal anomalies.
—Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt secretly filmed Planned Parenthood executives in California and edited the clips in a way that purported to show them selling fetal remains.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
Development of the fetal bones suggests the woman was 7 to 9 months pregnant.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Among them is Kentucky state Rep. Jim Gooch Jr., a Baptist great-grandfather who is trying for the second time to expand circumstances in which doctors can perform abortions, including for incomplete miscarriages and fatal fetal anomalies.
—Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Fetal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetal. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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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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