View Full Version : CNN Headline: Woman struck by car, loses fetus
SnakeDoctor
April 7th, 2009, 5:23 pm
The "baby" was 8 months old. Their choice of words though, does not surprise me.
Mobulis
April 7th, 2009, 5:49 pm
The "baby" was 8 months old. Their choice of words though, does not surprise me.
Why? It is a fetus.
pattyk
April 7th, 2009, 7:02 pm
Why? It is a fetus.
it's a viable unborn baby.
A BABY THAT COULD HAVE LIVED OUTSIDE THE MOTHER.
I think this is a crime and the guy will be charged with manslaughter.
2Parties1GlobalistGoal
April 7th, 2009, 7:03 pm
A BABY THAT COULD HAVE LIVED OUTSIDE THE MOTHER.
Irrelevant.
MR. MISTER
April 7th, 2009, 7:17 pm
Main Entry:fe·tus http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:popWin%28%27/cgi-bin/audio.pl?fetus001.wav=fetus%27%29)Pronunciation: \ˈfē-təs\ Function:noun Etymology:Middle English, from Latin, act of bearing young, offspring; akin to Latin fetus newly delivered, fruitful — more at feminine (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feminine)Date:14th century : an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind ; specifically : a developing human from usually two months after conception to birth
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetus
CaptainPike
April 7th, 2009, 7:57 pm
Does this mean that the baby received reproductive healthcare?
AutoRacer55
April 7th, 2009, 9:59 pm
They ever find it?
Dreamy
April 7th, 2009, 11:32 pm
22 week child in utero called baby by this source.
http://wdbo.com/localnews/2009/02/pregnant-woman-loses-baby-afte.html
Depends who is writing the copy.