Fetus Quotations

The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happened to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus.

And I remember that the editors wanted to have a witness to say that this was really the case, because it was a very sharp picture of the just the face, the head of the fetus inside the womb.

There's a difference between early and late abortions. If you have a late abortion, where the fetus might feel pain, then I think you should have a good reason. Because then you're inflicting pain. As you go through the third trimester, you need to have more serious reasons to end a pregnancy.

There is no question in our minds that the unidentified female is Laci Peterson and the unidentified fetus is the biological child of Laci and Scott Peterson,

In the Seventies, women runners, developing amenorrhea and calcium-related shin splints, were the first to realize that nature is hovering over us, ready to shut down our systems if our fetus-feeding fat reserve drops below a certain percentage of body weight. In other words, in nature's eyes we are nothing but milk sacs and fat deposits.

Writing is like carrying a fetus.

Does the unborn human fetus have at any point the right to live?

One in six women of childbearing age already has enough mercury in her body to put a fetus at risk of developmental disorders and learning disabilities.

From the available biological evidence, it seems very unlikely that a fetus experiences what we think of as pain before 29 weeks of gestation,

Last night the state police in Middlesex received a tip that possibly a baby or infant was buried there, ... We proceeded to search the area around the house as well as contact and conduct interviews with the people who lived in the house. The information they provided corroborated what we found, which was the remains of a fetus the family buried here.

My room says that I was about 3, but it seems to be getting younger and younger to the point where I was, like, a fetus when I was playing.

The rich women, to avoid dividing the inheritance among many, kill their own fetus in the womb and with murderous juices extinguish in the genital chamber their children.

I like to think of myself less like 'an adult' and more like a 'former fetus.'

The fetus, in many cases, dies just as a human adult or child would: It bleeds to death as it is torn from limb from limb. The fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off.

With all due respect, if you’re forty-three, then I’m a fetus.

Your fetus is a captive diner, eating in a uterine cafe that you're catering, ... What To Eat When You're Expecting.

This is an unwarranted piece of legislation because there is good evidence that the fetus cannot feel pain at any stage of gestation.

The authors admit that their studies did not address genetic sensitivity to mercury and neurological problems arising from exposure that may occur over time. The studies also didn't address the risks to the fetus from maternal mercury exposure.

A partial-birth abortion is a surgical procedure during which the unborn fetus is partially delivered, an intrauterine cranial decompression is performed ... and then the dead fetus is delivered.

It helps build the baby's bones. What happens is if the mom isn't getting enough calcium, the fetus will take the calcium from the mom's bones.

clearly, she was a very healthy fetus and had done really well during those first 24 hours.

Make it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime.

No doctor is going to do an abortion on a live fetus. That doesn't happen. Doctors don't do that. If they do, they'll get their license pulled, as well they should.

It's not good to throw back scotch with a new fetus.

I keep having these bros come up to me and say, "I used to watch you when I was a fetus," and I just want to kill them.

Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses.

Did you know that mako shark fetuses eat each other in the womb?... Its true. Only cannibal fetuses survive to be born. Can you imagine if people were like that?

When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don't put down a word until the play seems ready to be written.

She who has intentionally destroyed [the fetus] is subject to the penalty corresponding to a homicide. For us, there is no scrutinizing between the formed and unformed [fetus]; here truly justice is made not only for the unborn but also with reference to the person who is attentive only to himself/herself since so many women generally die for this very reason..

A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine distinction as to its being completely formed or unformed is not admissible amongst us.

We would not think of allowing a man to determine a woman's life merely because a fetus he helped create was in her womb; then why would we allow a woman to determine a man's life merely because a fetus he helped create is in her womb?

Scientifically, there's no debate over whether the fetus is alive and human.

There's a a right to privacy for all individuals and all who have legal rights - and that includes the unborn. As an obstetrician, if I cause any harm to a fetus, I will be sued. If someone kills or harms a fetus they're liable in a court of law.