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Abortion Should Be Kept Out of The Criminal Code
Abortion, termination of pregnancy before the fetus is capable of
independent life. When the expulsion from the womb occurs after the fetus
becomes viable (capable of independent life), usually at the end of six months
of pregnancy, it is technically a premature birth.
The practice of abortion was widespread in ancient times as a method of
birth contr ....
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.... movement. By 1980, countries where abortions were permitted
only to save a woman's life contained about 20 percent of the world's population.
Countries with moderately restrictive laws—abortions permitted to protect a
woman's health, to end pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, to avoid
genetic or congenital defects, or in response to social problems such as
unmarried status or inadequate income—contained some 40 percent of the world's
population. Abortions at the woman's request ....
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