Abortion

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is the forcible removal of a developing baby from the womb of his or her mother, using surgical, mechanical, or chemical means. The medical definition determines that abortion is any termination of pregnancy before twenty weeks. Medically defined, abortion is the �end of a pregnancy before viability.� Therapeutic abortion is the termination of pregnancy via the intervention of a physician through surgery or the use of RU-486 or other medications. Conception is the form of fertilization or creation. An embryo is a stage of prenatal development which starts at three weeks up to eight weeks. Miscarriage is the interruption of pregnancy before the seventh month, this usually happens due to an expulsion of the fetus which happens with out being induced by medical intervention. About a quarter of all pregnancies end in miscarriage.
The purpose of abortion is the act to save the life of both mother and child. Two decades before abortion was legal it has been estimated that over a ...

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for a government in modern society.
Our nation is polarized over political, legal, and moral status of abortion. The two sides of abortion include, �pro-choice and pro-life.� To give characterization of both, a pro-choicer would hold that the decision to abort a pregnancy is to be made only by the woman; the government has no right to interfere. A pro-lifer would hold that, from the moment of conception, the embryo or fetus is alive and that this life holds a moral obligation to preserve it and abortion is undeniably murder. Many opponents of abortion, who believe that a right to life out weighs a right to choose, are nevertheless prepared to make exceptions on pregnancies resulting ...

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