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voluntary abortion — Abortion A*bor tion ([.a]*b[^o]r sh[u^]n), n. [L. abortio, fr. aboriri. See {Abort}.] 1. The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
voluntary abortion — abortion (def. 1) … Useful english dictionary
Abortion — A*bor tion ([.a]*b[^o]r sh[u^]n), n. [L. abortio, fr. aboriri. See {Abort}.] 1. The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Abortion — Induced abortion Classification and external resources ICD 10 O04 … Wikipedia
abortion — /euh bawr sheuhn/, n. 1. Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. 2. any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy, esp. during the first six months. 3. Also… … Universalium
Abortion in Argentina — is strictly limited by law. As of 2008, the Argentine Penal Code establishes severe sanctions for those who cause abortion, either willingly or not, and for women who consent to it, and special punishments for physicians and other healthcare… … Wikipedia
Voluntary Content Rating — (VCR) is a specification that uses HTML metadata tags embedded in web pages in order to help parents and teachers control the content that children and students can access on the Internet. It is a rating level specified by the author of a web… … Wikipedia
therapeutic abortion — Abortion A*bor tion ([.a]*b[^o]r sh[u^]n), n. [L. abortio, fr. aboriri. See {Abort}.] 1. The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Abortion debate — Antilife redirects here. For the comic book equation , see Anti Life Equation. The abortion debate refers to discussion and controversy surrounding the moral and legal status of abortion. The two main groups involved in the abortion debate are… … Wikipedia
abortion law — Under the Franco regime illegal abortion had been very widely practised as a form of birth control. Until the legalization of contraceptives in 1978, numbers of abortions are estimated to have been between 300,000 and 350,000 a year in the… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
