preborn
Not yet delivered
Preborn is a term used by opponents of abortion to refer to a fetus or embryo, framing it as an unborn child with full moral status: preborn babies deserve protection.
The word is politically charged, appearing almost exclusively in anti-abortion advocacy.
Those who support abortion rights generally reject the term as tendentious.
Gestating offspring
- embryoOrganism before birth
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- sonogramUltrasound-produced medical image
- trimesterThirteen-week span
gestation · amniotic · placenta · quickening · heartbeat · viability · development · womb
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
- ovumFemale reproductive cell
- conceptionFormation of an idea
blastocyst · embryogenesis · sperm · egg · reproductive · fertility · chromosomes · genetic
Against elective pregnancy termination
- personhoodStatus as a person
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- protectionGuarding against harm
life · innocent · voiceless · vulnerable · advocacy · movement · legislation · moral
Beginning to develop
- incipientStarting to develop
- emergentNewly come into existence
- dawningFirst light emerging
- becomingAttractive or appropriate
unrealized · prospective · future · latent · developing · unfolding · anticipated · forthcoming
fetus
Gestating offspring
- embryoOrganism before birth
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- sonogramUltrasound-produced medical image
trimester · gestation · amniotic · placenta · quickening · heartbeat · viability · development · womb · uterine
fertilization
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
- ovumFemale reproductive cell
conception · blastocyst · embryogenesis · sperm · egg · reproductive · fertility · chromosomes · genetic · DNA
pro-life
Against elective pregnancy termination
- personhoodStatus as a person
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
protection · life · innocent · voiceless · vulnerable · advocacy · movement · legislation · moral · ethical
nascent
Beginning to develop
becoming · unrealized · prospective · future · latent · developing · unfolding · anticipated · forthcoming · promise