First, no, we are not pregnant. What I am referring to is the media's growing use of the word fetus to refer to unborn babies, no matter how old in the womb. This is part of the ongoing work to make abortion more palatable. To me this is not a political issue, it is a simple issue of truth. What makes the fact that the baby is still in the womb and physically connected to the mother a reason to consider it not a person. When the baby comes out, it is just as dependent on others. It is still not able to live on its own. So why the artificial demarcation? Before my three children were born, they already had active brains, experienced simple emotions, could recognize voices, etc. Nothing changed at that moment of birth. They did not transform. Fetus may be a technically correct term, but so is baby. It is a baby. It does not become more human by leaving the womb. While in the womb, it is already a person. It is a baby.
