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TygrBright

(20,733 posts)
10. "Unborn children" describes a purely theoretical concept.
Thu May 12, 2022, 06:36 PM
May 2022

As in a 22-year-old saying "I'm making the choice to take this job in environmental science in the hope my unborn children will have a healthier planet to live on", or newlyweds telling their banker "We're adding a special savings account to begin saving for tuition costs for our unborn child/ren."

IOW, "unborn children" refers to "THEY DON'T EVEN EXIST YET."

An embryo EXISTS and the correct term for it is "an embryo."

A fetus EXISTS and the correct term for it is "a fetus."

A recently-born child EXISTS and correct terms for them include "newborn", "infant", "baby" and "child."

This ain't rocket science, it's simple linguistics.

Until it's propaganda.

sourly,
Bright

Doesn't "Unborn children" mean nothing. Until birth they are called Fetuses. Maraya1969 May 2022 #1
Agree malaise May 2022 #2
G.O.P. cares about unalive children, but not undead children Achilleaze May 2022 #3
"Love the fetus, hate the child" wryter2000 May 2022 #4
Well put! Magoo48 May 2022 #8
They only care about it before it's born. calimary May 2022 #23
"Unborn children" describes a purely theoretical concept. TygrBright May 2022 #10
Well said and quite true. benfranklin1776 May 2022 #16
;-{)🖖‍ Goonch May 2022 #5
Lady Liberty Jilly_in_VA May 2022 #7
I'll hold him down while you let him have it, Lady Liberty! calimary May 2022 #24
And she didn't even mention his... brush May 2022 #6
That it is. Yes, that it is. SergeStorms May 2022 #9
Don't forget that he hated that Princeton went co-ed geardaddy May 2022 #11
This is one giant social experiment by six unelected and corrupt judges Farmer-Rick May 2022 #12
Alito is an evil psycho. nt SunSeeker May 2022 #13
Still wanna know if MisoGinny Thomas is the laker Blue Owl May 2022 #14
Gin and malaise May 2022 #15
hahaha North Shore Chicago May 2022 #20
The bible is very clear that human life begins with the first breath the fetus takes. patphil May 2022 #17
How many people who are for forcing a woman to stay pregnant RoeVWade May 2022 #18
From Twitter: Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #19
Thanks malaise May 2022 #22
BINGO!!! calimary May 2022 #25
Kick BlueWavePsych May 2022 #21
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