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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: An End to the Sanctity of Human Life Argument
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- In article <1993Jan1.064721.18859@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
- >dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >>clavazzi@nyx.cs.du.edu (The_Doge) writes:
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- >>> Zygote and fetus are medically correct terms.
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- >> And 'gravida' is the medically correct term for a
- >> pregnant woman.
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- > It is *a* medically correct term, not the only one by any means.
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- The term 'gravida' is the usual counterpart to the terms
- 'fetus' and 'embryo'. Of course, 'gravida' doesn't have
- any emotional appeal, unlike 'pregnant woman'.
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- >> The only people with political agendas are those
- >> who are inconsistent in their terminology. You
- >> should either stick to 'medically correct' terms,
- >> or use the terms 'woman' and 'child'.
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- >" Woman" is perfectly correct medically terminology
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- Can you show me any textbook on embryology or obstetrics
- which mixes the terms 'woman' and 'fetus', instead of
- using the terms 'gravida' and 'fetus'?
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- >Mark Cochran
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- Doug Holtsinger
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