How to Use fetal in a Sentence

fetal

adjective
  • Between June 24 and Sept. 14, the fetal heart tone ban was the law in Ohio.
    — cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • In the past, some vaccines used fetal stem cells, but Izard said that is not the case anymore.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2021
  • For some visits, moms can check the fetal heartbeat via a doppler.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 29 June 2020
  • In the case of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a fetal cell line was used to produce it.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2021
  • What could have contributed to the slight decrease in Black fetal deaths?
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Where my posture takes shape in fetal and frog-like form, and no one is judging me for it.
    — Erika Houle, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • This example is a little more like the case of fetal stem cells.
    — Steven P. Millies, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2021
  • All of the cells are derived from adult stem cells and do not require any fetal tissue.
    — cleveland, 19 Oct. 2021
  • On the third day, Nuzzo, the nurse-midwife, induces the delivery of fetal tissue from the uterus.
    — Maggie Shannon, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The fetal cell lines — now named MRC-5 cells — continue to grow in a lab and are still used to make vaccines today.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 3 July 2020
  • The right-wing has been aiming for fetal personhood for a long time, and this ruling may be a shot across the bow from that cause.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The lawsuit made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the law in 2019 and said the state had an interest in how fetal remains are disposed.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Next was a brief clip showing a screen with a sound spectrum display, and a fetal heartbeat was heard.
    — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • South Carolina is the thirteenth state to pass a fetal heartbeat act; the first dozen are all embroiled in court.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The misoprostol works to expel fetal tissue from the uterus.
    — Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2024
  • In cases of rape, fetal impairment, or if the mother's life is at risk.
    — Karol Suarez, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Allow the woman to hear the fetal heartbeat and explain the location of the unborn child within the uterus.
    — Natalie Allison, USA TODAY, 20 June 2020
  • Other items included a bloody pig mask, a fetal pig, a funeral wreath, and a book about grieving the loss of a spouse.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But when a rare fetal defect threatened her life, she was thrust into post-Roe chaos.
    — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Making a cut in the gene releases the brakes, allowing cells to make the fetal type and override the abnormal adult kind.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The results showed that the parchment was made from calf tissue, rather than fetal lamb tissue, as was long assumed.
    — Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The Texas law known as S.B. 8 would ban most abortions at about six weeks, when a fetal heartbeat may be detected.
    — Bill Mears, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The attorneys told the doctors that because of the fetal-heartbeat bill — because that 15-week-old had a heartbeat — ...
    — John McCormack, National Review, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The state also said the vaccines don’t contain aborted fetal cells.
    — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The state argued that the law promoted fetal well-being.
    — Fox News, 14 July 2020
  • In briefs Wednesday, James said that the vaccines do not contain aborted fetal cells.
    — Ariane De Vogue, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
  • By then, a fetal monitor showed the baby's heartbeat had stopped.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This means fetal cell lines were not used in its development.
    — Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The gown is made of super-soft and stretchy jersey and features full-length snaps in the back for epidural or fetal monitoring.
    — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Based on the calf’s fetal folds and distinctive orange coloring, experts suggest the creature was around one to two weeks old at the time of the initial sightings.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025

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