- fetal liver
- limbs
- eyes
- amniotic cavity
fetus 10weeks
44yr old gravid female with previous 6 children, was diagnosed with
carcinoma in situ of cervix (early stage cancer of womb). so total
removal of uterus( woomb) considered with fetus in situ, for long
life of the female.
so abortion was inevitable for future health of the lady.
Comments and faves
arsasian, giupaint, katkaszabo, mAhEsH BaSeDiA, and 127 other people added this photo to their favorites.
♣Cleide@.♣ (53 months ago | reply)
Impressive!
Nessy Shepherd * Freedom for all people (53 months ago | reply)
so small so helpless.....impressive yes....
Nabarun Sadhya (53 months ago | reply)
Never seen such a shot ! Thanks for sharing !
arsasian (53 months ago | reply)
New Art, Surrealism, Fantasy, Pop Art
Sculpture, Abstract, Painting, Kaleidoscope
Graphic Design, Architecture, Special Effects
Visual Art, Mosaic, Photoshop Art, Deviant Art
This is so "Out of this World!"
giupaint (53 months ago | reply)
Hello, I am a Wikipedia's User and I was searching photos for Wikimedia Commons, and I've loved your pictures. Are you interested in releasing this picture under Creative Commons-Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license?
You can read about this Creative Commons license here:
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
In case you liked the idea, please open the photo and in the right bottom side, under "Additional Information" you will find "© All rights reserved (edit)", please click on edit and in the "Set a license for this photo" please choose "Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons".
Please note that licenses with NC (non-commercial use only) or ND (no derivative works allowed to be created) are not OK on Wikimedia Commons (please see commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickr_ima ges/Guide#Cr... )
Only Creative Commons BY (Creative Commons Attribution license) or Creative Commons BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike) ( please see creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-l icenses ) are accepted.
PS: I need this license confirmation to upload the image in Wikimedia Commons servers; otherwise the system will recognized this image like fully copyrighted and refuse the upload.
Looking forward for your answer. Best Regards,
Giupaint
drsuparna (53 months ago | reply)
i have changed the rights, but when u post it on wikimedia, please send me the link, so that i can see it
The Scalpel Master Photography (53 months ago | reply)
was this done thru miscarriage or by intentional abortion? Its so sad to see this helpless fetus die!
AmahRa58 (53 months ago | reply)
It's such a great wonder - but to see this fetus makes me sad!
giupaint (53 months ago | reply)
Thank you very much for releasing this picture under Creative Commons BY-SA license.
You can see it at Wikimedia Commons:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_fetus_1 0_weeks_-_th...
Yours sincerely,
Giupaint
radsfotoblog (52 months ago | reply)
have no words for this...never seen nything like this before...amazing n sad...
MING2100 [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)
攝影人天堂(Post 1 Award 3)
Photographer Paradise
irenne2008 (52 months ago | reply)
OMG!
I'm pregnant in 9 weeks. This is so beautiful and so so sad. It made me cry...
loxosceles (51 months ago | reply)
So sad for the cancer-stricken mom. An amazing photo.
giupaint (51 months ago | reply)
I am sorry, a Wikipedia user asked me a explanation to insert this pic in a Wikipedia : is this 10 weeks gestation (i.e. from first day of Last Menstrual Period) or 10 weeks from fertilsation?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jacopo_Werthe r
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abortion#Image_hyp othetical
Looking forward for answer,
Giupaint
drsuparna (51 months ago | reply)
10 wk gestetion, ( ie fr LMP).
ask any Q regarding this case
giupaint (51 months ago | reply)
Thank you very much for your reply.
Giupaint
Teddi14 (46 months ago | reply)
Fascinating photo but also very very sad!
Bogdan I. Stanciu (42 months ago | reply)
Still not convinced abortion is a crime?
how.saboutyou (41 months ago | reply)
It's so beautiful.
dr Andreos (41 months ago | reply)
Dear Mrs Suparna Sinha
I admire you for bravery and technique to take this picture and make it public. Nice work. I would like to contact you by email, please do not hesitate to write me to: toandrius@yahoo.com. Have a nice day.
mzdymun (39 months ago | reply)
Indeed, it is an awesome picture; I wish to use it in an article I am posting at www.examiner.com/x-15915-Jacksonville-Evangel ical-Examiner, I will of course, attribute it to you.
junedriket (38 months ago | reply)
I know this is morbid and I'm sorry if I offend anyone.. I'm curious if you saw this fetus move after it was removed. I cannot stop looking at this photo. Personally, I feel this is such an amazing voice for all unborn babies. Thank you so much for sharing this, sad as it is. Makes me wonder what this little babies life would have been like.
hellololla (35 months ago | reply)
hellololla (35 months ago | reply)
the clarity of this picture is really amazing, such detail! never seen anything like it, thanks for sharing! i feel really sorry for the lady going through such horrible health circunstances.
Effeminate Offender (33 months ago | reply)
This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. The liver is sparkling and the whole thing looks almost like a blown glass bauble.
keightdee (32 months ago | reply)
While it's sad that the woman this fetus came from lost what was likely a very wanted child and the ability to have any more children, it's wonderful that she will be around to love and care for the six children she already has, instead of dying of cancer.
vholifield (32 months ago | reply)
amazing
bongopix (32 months ago | reply)
wow.
Chris Matthes (32 months ago | reply)
It's just heartbreaking....
Pollywog Creek (31 months ago | reply)
Wow!
Pastazia (31 months ago | reply)
Would it have been possible to delay surgery in a case like this so that the baby would have had a chance at survival? "Early stage" makes it seem as though the patient could have waited, but I'm not a doctor. Hopefully this little one will someday meet his/her family.
~Staci Lee~ (31 months ago | reply)
How hard this must have been for you as a doctor. While my mind understands that she needs to have the best chance of life for her 6 children, my heart breaks for her seventh.
jjellybaby (27 months ago | reply)
That's really amazing...
argyle plaids (26 months ago | reply)
so beautiful, amazing and sad.
WoW.
SaiktT (24 months ago | reply)
surreal... so sad!
wonko600rr (23 months ago | reply)
Sad yes, but a necessary sacrifice for the mother to make, so she can hopefully continue to live a long life and look after her 6 children.
Those saying 'abortion is a crime' have to see the circumstances surrounding it! What is better? 6 children with a mother? or 7 without one?
SaiktT (23 months ago | reply)
I commend you for putting this up. And thanks for the ethical explanation. I agree with you... Ethics is a contextual process... a three year degree in ethics would say the same. Generalisations however are tedious.
restiform body (23 months ago | reply)
what nobody notices is that the foetus we are looking at has just died, or is dying, from hypoxia. not a very pleasant way to go. i have no issue with the reason the abortion was performed, or the fact that it was, but just wish to point out that entities in situations that make them photographable, and that look pretty and fascinating may be suffering, unbeknownst to us because we can't recognise the signs
Slrman42 [deleted] (22 months ago | reply)
Pope Ratzinger will condemn to hell the mother, doctor and all who participated in this sad, but necessary surgery. Her other six children will continue to have the love and nurturing of a healthy mother. Perhaps that doesn't matter to the anti-abortion fanatics?
Those people go to hell, but not the pedophiles he has protected. Does anyone else see the hypocrisy?
Stephen Branley (22 months ago | reply)
@Bogdan
Yes, I'm not convinced abortion is a crime because, unlike you, I realise that not everything is black and white. Is this abortion a crime? That's what this is - the fetus has been aborted to save the Mother's life (albeit it as a side-effect of having the womb removed) - do we consider this a crime, or is the greater crime to allow the mother to die?
Hoxtea (22 months ago | reply)
Without condemning or condoning the situation, this is an incredibly powerful image.
From a religious point of view, it shows both the simplicity of our beginnings, and the purity of a new soul.
From a biological point of view, it shows the complexity of developing life, and the genius of nature's design.
And from a human point of view, it shows just how incredibly reliant on one another we are, and the consequences of choices we are forced to make.
dfgdfa (20 months ago | reply)
"Pope Ratzinger will condemn to hell the mother, doctor and all who participated in this sad, but necessary surgery."
This is not true: According to ethics and Catholic laws, the baby's life was lost "accidentally" in the course of an otherwise morally good action. It is called the Principle of Double Effect: You may not directly kill the baby for the purpose of killing the baby, but you may remove cancer from the mother's body, even if doing so has the known and unavoidable side effect of indirectly killing the baby.
dfgdfa (20 months ago | reply)
Drsuparna, can you tell us how soon after removal/disruption of blood supply this picture was taken, and therefore what the likelihood is that the embryo is still alive in this picture?
1978Steph (19 months ago | reply)
Wow what a picture! I am 10 weeks along, and was showing our 5 year old daughter what her sibling may look like right now. This image clearly helped her understand the amniotic sac, which had been a little abstract for her. Thank you for posting.
HKateD (17 months ago | reply)
It wasn't truly an abortion as the intent was never to kill the child. This is an incredible photo and terribly sad for you all. Thank you for sharing.
-June1- (16 months ago | reply)
@dfgdfa: Thank you. Exactly. The same principle applies to ectopic pregnancies. You may remove the fallopian tube without touching the baby within, even if it means the baby will pass away, if I'm not mistaken. Still an excruciating decision.
jlangfeld (12 months ago | reply)
How can I get permission to print this image in an educational publication?
syner_genetics (7 months ago | reply)