Oh, and it is not a “fetus”. It is a baby. A real, living human being.
I know exactly what a fetus is. Fetus is Latin for “unborn baby” and, in Latin, sometimes referred to a newborn.
The FDA warning is against ultrasound for non-medical reasons, especially ultrasound movies. Actually, the FDA does acknowledge the bonding experience this provides for expecting parents.
The problem is that the ultrasound can cause something called cavitation. This is the formation of bubbles. You can see the process if you swoosh your hands or feet really fast through water, those bubbles that form behind your hand or foot. You can also cause cavitation by setting a bottle of water down really hard, bubbles form briefly at the bottom. That process occurring in the tissues of a developing fetus, especially for prolonged periods of time (as in during movie making), has the potential of doing permanent damage.
I’m all for forcing abortionists to show women high-quality ultrasound images prior to pressuring them into having an abortion.
This isn’t about that. This is about ultrasounds for non-medical purposes.
Between my two pregnancies, I had one ultrasound. That was because I had complications and could have lost the baby. I am not, and have never been, convinced that ultrasounds are perfectly safe.