Scott
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After a rather long conversation in a thread whose topic had nothing to do with abortion, I've decided the subject deserved a thread of its own. A lot of the discussion in the other thread involves trying to come to an agreement as to how to define abortion. I made a separate thread on why women have abortions here:
With that said, the definitions of abortion I use personally are the first 2 that can be found in the American Heritage Dictionary, 5th Edition:
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Anyone who agrees or disagrees with the above definitions of abortion is welcome to post constructive comments in this thread on their views.
After discussing why women have abortions in another thread whose topic definitely isn't abortions, I decided it would be better to make a thread for the subject instead. Below is an excerpt from an article that lists the different reasons women have abortions:
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Generally, people use the term “abortion” to refer to the intentional termination of a pregnancy.
The vast majority of abortions take place early in pregnancy. In 2020, 93.1% of abortions in the United States occurred at 13 weeks’ gestation or sooner.
The Turnaway study followed 954 people from across the United...
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Generally, people use the term “abortion” to refer to the intentional termination of a pregnancy.
The vast majority of abortions take place early in pregnancy. In 2020, 93.1% of abortions in the United States occurred at 13 weeks’ gestation or sooner.
The Turnaway study followed 954 people from across the United...
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With that said, the definitions of abortion I use personally are the first 2 that can be found in the American Heritage Dictionary, 5th Edition:
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- noun Induced termination of a pregnancy with destruction of the embryo or fetus.
- noun Any of various procedures that result in the termination of a pregnancy.
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Anyone who agrees or disagrees with the above definitions of abortion is welcome to post constructive comments in this thread on their views.