So there is no such thing as a fetus?

[Pool Hall Ace]

I saw an article today about Rick Santorum. I'm not exactly sure what the point of it was, but it mentions Santorum's son Gabriel, who lived only 2 hours outside of the womb.

One paragraph describes how the Santorums took Gabriel's body home to show to their children:

'He and Karen took Gabriel's body home so their children could "absorb and understand that they had a brother," Santorum says. "We wanted them to see that he was real," not an abstraction, he says. Not a "fetus," either, as Rick and Karen were appalled to see him described -- "a 20-week-old fetus" -- on a hospital form. They changed the form to read "20-week-old baby."'

He only lived two hours outside the womb, but he's a 20-week-old baby?

So I guess since Republicans can decide that Terri Schiavo was not really married to Michael anymore, and was therefore Terri Schindler, they can decide that there is no such thing as a "fetus."

So is there any reason that shouldn't apply to all of us, to factor in our gestational period when determining how old we are?

Here is a link if you want to see the article: http://www.newsobserver.com/print/wednesday/life/story/2350525p-8728483c.html

[Zenlitened]

1. Um... that guy's not entirely, ah.... sane, is he?

:scared:

[Pool Hall Ace]

4. Well, no, that's for sure.

I'm sure it was incredibly painful to have dealt with a difficult pregnancy premature delivery, and the ultimate loss, but to change a word on a hospital form???

I don't understand why the word "fetus" is so offensive. :shrug:

[Withywindle]

2. I'm lousy at math, but...

...I was conceived sometime in late October or early November of 1968. So I'm a HOW many-weeks-old-baby?

[Pool Hall Ace]

5. OK, let's err on the side of life

and say that your Republican birthday is November 1, 1968.

On November 1, 2004, you turned 36 years old, or

(36 years) * (12 months/1 year) = 432 months

So on May 1, 2005, you will be a 438-month-old baby! Happy Birthday! :applause:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

3. I'm sickened that the hospital allowed them to take the body home!

Why would you take a BODY of a CHILD home so your CHILDREN can see it!? What the fuck!?
Duckie

[mcscajun]

6. The Santorums need some Serious Mental Health Assistance.

Taking a 20-week-old fetus home to show your children?

Changing 'fetus' to 'baby'? What part of human biology class did they skip in High School, anyhow?

Wow...this takes political to the personal to the extreme and then some.