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This article explores some conditions and effects of the publishing of Lennart Nilsson's photographs of embryos and fetuses in magazines and other media. It looks especially at how these images related to the abortion controversies in Sweden in the wake of the first Abortion Act in 1938 and up to the second and still current legislation in 1974. During the period Nilsson contributed photographs to anti-abortion campaigns led by prominent doctors and supported by editors in the popular press. The embryos and fetuses depicted in the images were increasingly aestheticised and their human traits emphasised. After the 1965 publication of 'Drama of Life before Birth' in Life magazine and A Child is Born, however, his photo essays started to express a more positive view of abortion on demand. It is suggested that these shifting strategies and visual styles can be connected to the various interests of Nilsson and his collaborators. ; Medicine at the borders of life: Fetal research and the emergence of ethical controversy in Sweden