fetal

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Thyroid hormones supplied by the mother play an important role in fetal neurodevelopment.

From Science Daily

A Pew Poll taken less than a year ago found only 21% of Americans believe abortion should be banned at six weeks, when a fetal heartbeat is typically detected.

From Washington Times

The benefit was strongest when the dogs were kept indoors and when the exposure was during both fetal development and infancy.

From Washington Post

He veers out of his way to raise, sympathetically, the tangential question of “fetal personhood” — the argument that the Constitution protects fetal life from the moment of conception and therefore precludes states from allowing abortion.

From Washington Post

When cannabis is inhaled, consumed orally or taken in through other routes, it can easily cross through the placenta and deposit in the fetal brain, disrupting brain development.

From Salon