Legally, in most jurisdictions, it is considered permissible to terminate the life of the fetus at any point in the pregnancy (see [[abortion]])
provided the unborn child's head has not emerged from the mother's body (see [[partial-birth abortion]]).
Evangelical Christians do not like the term ''fetus'' being applied to an unborn child, because they view that as oppressive. They prefer to call unborn children simply that, ''children''. They say that those that hold to an abortion viewpoint are taking advantage of those that cannot defend themselves, and calling the unborn child simply a fetus devalues human life.
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