preborn
- adjective
- /priːˈbɔrn/
- Doctors monitor the health of preborn babies during routine check-ups.
- preborn humans
- preborn human beings
Examples
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Biden is saying: "I believe what the Catholic Church believes, that preborn children are sacred human lives—but I will simply stand by while anyone who wants to do so kills them."
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Should preborn human beings be considered legal "persons" within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment, or do states retain authority to make abortion policy?
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The Court never addressed the preborn individual's standing since it assumed that he or she was not a "person."
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We're amazed that the state can seek to punish someone for endangering their preborn baby and then allow them to kill it through abortion.
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On this view, preborn human beings possess no constitutionally guaranteed rights to equal treatment.
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Textual analysis and examination of dictionary usage support the conclusion that the Fourteenth Amendment protects preborn humans.
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If the Due Process Clause protects unborn children's representational rights in a probate hearing, should not a preborn child be even more entitled to due process to secure her life?
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The rights of preborn children have been a topic of much debate in society.
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Many parents prepare for the arrival of their preborn child by setting up a nursery.
Synonyms
Person or animal not yet born, especially a baby still in the mother's body
Relating to a baby before it is born
Happening before a baby is born during pregnancy
The time when a baby is still inside its mother's womb
Happening before a baby is born, about being pregnant or care of the unborn child
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Preborn starts with the pre- part meaning 'before' and ends with born, so it literally means 'before birth', and that helps you remember it is an adjective for things relating to a baby before it is born.