Today, conversations around abortion in modern Christianity tend to take as a given the longstanding moral, religious and legal prohibition of the practice. Stereotypes of medical knowledge in the ...

A 19th-century mummified fetus that underwent an ancient surgical procedure while in its mother's womb has been discovered by researchers in Italy, according to a new report. The procedure was ...

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a mummified foetus from the 19th century that is thought to have undergone a destructive operation while it was still inside its mother’s womb. It appears the ...

A mummified foetus found beneath the St. John the Evangelist church in the village of Casentino, L'Aquila University Museum, State University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Italy Archaeologists ...

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