🟢 Juno Jump Start: CBC changes ‘unborn baby’ to ‘fetus’ in womb surgery story

The state broadcaster says ‘fetus’ was more precise after changing how it described a baby who underwent pioneering surgery before birth.

CBC changes ‘unborn baby’ to ‘fetus’ in pioneering womb surgery story

CBC changed its story about a groundbreaking surgery on baby Theo, replacing references to an “unborn baby” with “fetus” and referring to him as “it.”

Theo underwent experimental surgery at 26 weeks while still in the womb to treat gastroschisis, a rare birth defect, and is now five mon…