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A human fetus, attached to placenta, at three months gestational age. In humans, the fetal stage starts nine weeks after fertilization. [7] At this time the fetus is typically about 30 millimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in length from crown to rump, and weighs about 8 grams. [7] The head makes up nearly half of the size of the fetus. [8]
For example, in Italy, embryos are considered subjects of law already after fertilization and even before implantation (if fertilization happens in vitro). [7] The term fetus itself is not exactly suitable for legal purposes, as it denotes only a part of the prenatal period with a starting point that remains unclear. Furthermore, its archetypal ...
Advances in the state of the art in medical science, including medical knowledge related to the viability of the fetus, and the ease with which the fetus can be observed in the womb as a living being, treated clinically as a human being, and (by certain stages) demonstrate neural and other processes considered as human, have led a number of ...
The fetus reaches a length of about 40–48 cm (16–19 in). The fetus weighs about 2.5 to 3 kg (6 lb 10 oz)to 6 lb 12 oz). Lanugo begins to disappear. Body fat increases. Fingernails reach the end of the fingertips. A baby born at 36 weeks has a high chance of survival, but may require medical interventions. Fetus at 38 weeks after fertilization.
Until the fetus is viable, any rights granted to it may come at the expense of the pregnant woman, simply because the fetus cannot survive except within the woman's body. Upon viability, the pregnancy can be terminated, as by a c-section or induced labor, with the fetus surviving to become a newborn infant. Several groups believe that abortion ...
One fetus died around 14 weeks, and a month later I went into preterm labor – likely caused by the death of the first and an infection. I delivered the second twin, who appeared perfectly ...
A proposal to amend the Florida constitution would grant fetuses “personhood” status. After the overturn of Roe v. Wade, these extreme anti-abortion laws are possible.
After the fetus is expelled from the maternal body it is called a neonate. Whether the birth is vaginal or by caesarean section , and whether the neonate is ultimately viable, is irrelevant. The definition of the term "live birth" was created by the World Health Organization in 1950, and is chiefly used for public health and statistical purposes.