Do you refer to "fetus" as "he", "she" or "it"?

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what’s the pronoun for a fetus?
I think if everyone refer to fetus as “he” or “she”, abortion can be reduced. a pro-abortion listener will most likely not to notice this on the spot but it will affect his/her thinking potentially. in the long run he/she will also regard fetuses(or “feti” is this a Latin word?) as human beings

in areas where male are rated higher than females like Asia, I think it’s better to call the fetus “he” if fetus’s gender is unknown. and vice versa
 
I always try to refer to the fetus as he (or she). Unfortunately in some Vatican documents – or at least in the English translations of the same – the unborn is referred to as “it.” For example in the Catechism it says:

2323 Because it should be treated as a person from conception, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed like every other human being.

scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2323.htm

I don’t know what it says in the original Latin but I hope that in the future they use he (or she). (The Code of Canon Law specifies that the Catholic faithful have a right to constructively criticize) I also hope that this happens for the English language in general. Some people try to defend using “it” but whatever the rationale for it, we never use “it” when referring to an adult human being whose sex is unknown so it is a double standard and one that IMO leads to, intentionally or not, dehumanization of the unborn (as well as to infants who are born who are also sometimes in English called “it”)
 
It’s quite likely that in the original Latin it is “it” if the Latin for fetus is gender-neutral. I don’t know enough Latin to say for sure, but it could just be an unfortunate case of proper grammar trumping intent.
 
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Ghosty:
It’s quite likely that in the original Latin it is “it” if the Latin for fetus is gender-neutral. I don’t know enough Latin to say for sure, but it could just be an unfortunate case of proper grammar trumping intent.
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I don’t use the word “fetus”. Thast is just a word the media and the pro abortion people use so they don’t have to admit that it is an unborn baby. It is an unborn baby, not a “fetus”.
 
I still remember when I first heard the word “fetus”…I was in high school, and we were learning about how unborn babies develop…Well…I hated that word then, and I hate it now.

I always use the term “baby”, or refer to the baby as a he or she…never it, or fetus. Those terms dehumanize the infant, and makes it easier to think of the baby as a non being that we can do whatever we want with…
 
I use the term baby as well, but it should be noted that fetus originally didn’t have the connotation of “inhuman”. It literally just means “baby in the womb”, and marks a clear stage of development like infant or toddler. It’s very unfortunate that the word has developed such a nasty connotation thanks to the abuses of those with a pro-abortion agenda.
 
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davy39:
I don’t use the word “fetus”. Thast is just a word the media and the pro abortion people use so they don’t have to admit that it is an unborn baby. It is an unborn baby, not a “fetus”.
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I am like that I juat say the baby,I believe in not depersonalizing the baby.
 
When using a pronoun I tend to use she. People are much more sensitive to females,(in the Westren culture) and it specificly contradicts the femminist argument for abortion.

That’s only when talking with pro-aborts, with everyone else I use he. Well because most of my family is hes and we have come to expect them. 😉
 
sorry if the title causes misunderstanding
the question can be asked in another way:
Do you refer to “unborn baby” as “he”, “she” or “it”?
 
In the English language, the third person personal pronoun for a subject whose sex is unknown is “he.” Therefore that is the pronoun I use unless I am speaking with someone I know is a feminist. In the latter case, I use “she” in order to better drive the point home. 😃
 
Fetus simply means ‘young one’. I think of it as a technical and neutral term- not pro life or pro choice. I refer to an unborn baby as he, she or the baby. —KCT
 
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I still remember when I first heard the word “fetus”…I was in high school, and we were learning about how unborn babies develop…Well…I hated that word then, and I hate it now.

I always use the term “baby”, or refer to the baby as a he or she…never it, or fetus. Those terms dehumanize the infant, and makes it easier to think of the baby as a non being that we can do whatever we want with…
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Yup! I also call the baby a baby! After all, since we believe life begins at conception, shouldn’t we start identifying with the baby?
 
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Regi:
It is not fetus, but BABY, not unborn, but PREBORN.
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Could you explain the significance of “preborn” versus “unborn.” I ask as someone who is just ignorant of the reason for the preference while having been exposed to both usages.
 
All of my kids had in-the womb spoof names. Since my last name leads to lots of fun connections it was allot of fun.

My oldest James Rumph was Moonshine Rumph
Brennan Rumph was Hairy Rumph
Melissa Rumph was Rosy Cheeks Rumph

It was alot of fun an all of the relatives were releaved when we came out with the real names that we had no relative squables over any of our names 🙂
 
I NEVER use the word fetus. It could mean any animal, not necessarily a human. I am curious about ‘unborn’ vs ‘preborn’ I hadn’t really thought about that and usually refer to “the baby in the womb” or the “unborn baby” although preborn might be more appropriate.

The objective is to HUMANIZE the baby. Fetus allows it to be so antiseptic and unsympathetic. Didn’t we all work on fetal pigs in biology lab? I did and to me ‘fetus’ was a scientific word and did not evoke much sympathy
Lisa N
 
Just for the record, “fetus” is a masculine Latin noun of the second declension.

I agree with the posters who have stated they never use the word “fetus”. It is a word which, while meaning “young one”, obfuscates the reality that a human being is living in the womb. It is just another politically correct buzz word.
 
heh…I usually use the term “the kid” or “the babe”…the babe sounds so fabulously Elizabethan doesn’t it? And I’m not even a big fan of the king james bible.

As soon as my pregnant classmate found out the gender, she’s always referred to the baby as “she.” I know all about the process and physiology of pregnancy but it never ceases to bring me great delight to feel an abdomen with a baby flipping around in it. :love:

I’m not crazy about “fetus” either but I don’t hate it.
 
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