Fetus

[[1]] The term fetus, as applied to human beings, refers to a conceived but unborn child that has developed beyond an embryonic stage.

In Politics

One of the sharpest divisions in US politics is over whether human life begins at conception and what this means.

Legally, in most jurisdictions, it is considered permissible to terminate the life of the fetus at any point in the pregnancy (see abortion) provided the unborn child's head has not emerged from the mother's body (see partial-birth abortion).

Evangelical Christians do not like the term fetus being applied to an unborn child, because they view that as oppressive. They prefer to call unborn children simply that, children. They say that those that hold to an abortion viewpoint are taking advantage of those that cannot defend themselves, and calling the unborn child simply a fetus devalues human life.