How to Use fetal in a Sentence

fetal

adjective

• Between June 24 and Sept. 14, the fetal heart tone ban was the law in Ohio.
  — cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
• What could have contributed to the slight decrease in Black fetal deaths?
  — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
• Where my posture takes shape in fetal and frog-like form, and no one is judging me for it.
  — Erika Houle, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• On the third day, Nuzzo, the nurse-midwife, induces the delivery of fetal tissue from the uterus.
  — Maggie Shannon, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• The right-wing has been aiming for fetal personhood for a long time, and this ruling may be a shot across the bow from that cause.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2024
• The lawsuit made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the law in 2019 and said the state had an interest in how fetal remains are disposed.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Dec. 2022
• The misoprostol works to expel fetal tissue from the uterus.
  — Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2024
• In cases of rape, fetal impairment, or if the mother's life is at risk.
  — Karol Suarez, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
• Other items included a bloody pig mask, a fetal pig, a funeral wreath, and a book about grieving the loss of a spouse.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
• But when a rare fetal defect threatened her life, she was thrust into post-Roe chaos.
  — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022
• Making a cut in the gene releases the brakes, allowing cells to make the fetal type and override the abnormal adult kind.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
• The results showed that the parchment was made from calf tissue, rather than fetal lamb tissue, as was long assumed.
  — Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
• The attorneys told the doctors that because of the fetal-heartbeat bill — because that 15-week-old had a heartbeat — ...
  — John McCormack, National Review, 1 Sep. 2022
• The state also said the vaccines don’t contain aborted fetal cells.
  — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2021
• By then, a fetal monitor showed the baby's heartbeat had stopped.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
• This means fetal cell lines were not used in its development.
  — Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
• The same fetal cell lines have also been used in the development of ibuprofen and aspirin.
  — Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2022
• There are no exceptions to the ban for fatal fetal anomalies.
  — Eva Epker, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
• Epilepsy researchers have long surmised that fetal cells from human embryos may be able to ease seizures in the brain.
  — Emily Mullin, Science, 5 Jan. 2022
• The bill is modeled off of Texas' ban on abortions after six weeks, the first time that a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 24 Mar. 2022
• The first fetal surgery didn’t occur until nearly a decade after Roe.
  — John Bockmann, National Review, 25 Mar. 2022
• The fetal remains were found wedged inside the toilet bowl, according to the coroner's report.
  — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
• That cry for help often goes unheeded in the presence of a fetal heartbeat, even if the demise of the pregnancy is inevitable.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 12 May 2022
• Abortions are allowed after 24 weeks to save the life of the parent or in cases of fatal fetal anomalies.
  — Kinsey Crowley, The Courier-Journal, 24 June 2024
• The ban outlaws all abortions except in the case of a fatal fetal anomaly and cases of serious health risk to the mother.
  — Casey Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2023
• In 2015, state law was amended to require that any fetal death past twelve weeks be reported as a stillbirth.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2022
• As their names suggest, the fetus or fetal posture has the sleeper tucked in, both legs bent and supporting each other.
  — Brianna Kamienski, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• Twenty weeks is the point at which most first-time mothers can sense fetal movements, or quickening.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
• After 24 weeks, exceptions exist for the absence of fetal viability or to protect the patient’s life or health.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
• The measure also draws the line at fetal viability, saying the state cannot enact any restrictions on the procedure before that milestone, and further says the state cannot restrict abortions if the life of the pregnant person is at risk.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024