Sentence examples for foetal from inspiring English sources

The moral complexity of genetic engineering, gamete selection and foetal surgery ran way ahead of old concepts of right and wrong.

Fitzpatrick, who is also a research fellow with the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in WA, said rates of foetal alcohol syndrome in the broader community were estimated to be 0.68 per 1000 children, compared with rates of 120 per 1000 seen in the Fitzroy Valley.

The infant monster is smooth, eyeless and bulbous, both strongly foetal and absurdly phallic, with a row of silver milk-teeth and a lashing, segmented tail.

On cases of fatal foetal abnormalities, he said: "Similarly, it forces couples to bring to term a child that has no chance of survival for long outside the womb if at all.

This is an important debate to have now as Northern Ireland's Department of Justice launches its consultation on access to abortion in the cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormality.

The skeletons were found buried in a foetal position – the head pointing to the west and the feet to the east according to ancient Egyptian beliefs, surrounded by jars once filled with supplies for afterlife.

A remote community in Western Australia with shocking levels of foetal alcohol syndrome has been praised for its response to the condition.

June Oscar, a Bunuba woman and chief executive of the Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre in Fitzroy Crossing, said community leaders invited researchers into the area to do the study in 2009 because they were concerned about high levels of foetal alcohol syndrome.

It developed the Marulu strategy, which included educating women about the risks of drinking during pregnancy, training midwives to identify risk of foetal alcohol syndrome during pregnancy and training teachers to identify and assist children with the condition.

That figure does not include foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), the name given to conditions that present with the same impairments in brain development but without the physical growth restrictions and facial characteristics seen in foetal alcohol syndrome.

The use of inverted commas around the phrase "foetal alcohol syndrome" almost implies Simon Jenkins is sceptical about this condition, perhaps implying an invention of fee-hungry lawyers?