The word 'foetus' is correct and commonly used in written English.
Foetus refers to a developing human embryo after the eighth week of pregnancy until birth. This term is typically used in medical or scientific contexts. For example: "The ultrasound showed that the foetus is healthy and growing at a normal rate."
The father of the woman at the centre of the controversy told the court on Tuesday: "My daughter is dead, the chances of the foetus surviving are minimal, we have been told.
There are only a handful of exemptions to the ban on abortion – to save the mother's life, if the pregnancy was a result of rape, or, in a recent controversial addition, if the foetus has anencephaly, a rare birth defect in which the brain and skull do not develop.
They see the mother as responsible for consciously disabling her child, but I assume they distinguish between a mother aborting a foetus and a mother harming a foetus she intends to bring to life.
"They give the foetus to the mother and she's made to kill the baby".
"It's well known that the reason that women drink when they are pregnant is firstly because they don't know that it could harm the foetus, but also the stresses of life in this community".
Eventually, after a tormenting four days, Jaroben's neighbour makes the decision to tear the dead foetus from her body.
The issues of whether a foetus can have a legal identity and whether a crime has been committed are difficult, but it's wrong to criticise a council for seeking to further the interests of a child in its care if there is an arguable case.
Most abortions occur before the sex of the foetus is known.
In cases such as thalidomide and traffic accidents, compensation is paid that acknowledges the foetus as distinct from the mother.
Couples who have been happily pregnant but found out that the foetus had a fatal abnormality have had to go to England for an abortion and then transport the foetal remains back home to have a proper burial.
And, even then, there were still Fine Gael deputies and senators who played a prominent role in resisting the introduction of divorce, in pushing for the foetus to become a full Irish citizen via the 1983 pro-life amendment campaign and in trying to stop the liberalising of laws on homosexuality and access to condoms.
