{"id":4241,"date":"2005-08-09T00:36:50","date_gmt":"2005-08-09T00:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/the-public-life-of-the-fetus.html"},"modified":"2005-08-09T00:36:50","modified_gmt":"2005-08-09T00:36:50","slug":"the-public-life-of-the-fetus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/the-public-life-of-the-fetus.html","title":{"rendered":"The public life of the fetus"},"content":{"rendered":"

A link to public radio discussion of the growing popularity of increasingly clear ultrasound imagery<\/a><\/p>\n

The reader who sent it remarks:<\/p>\n

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It deals with the impact of fetal images on the popular culture.  Some have talked about fetal photography as a technological development that will change the dialogue about abortion.  The guests on this show don’t see it that way at all.  They posit that fetal imagery is in essence manipulated and has no inherent meaning.  The show is worth listening to for the "other side" of what fetal imagery means.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How I wish we could love little, helpless , dependent children, instead of being so threatened by them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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