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GCSE Religious Studies St Bede's Blackburn 47119 Liam McManus Date completed: Abortion The dictionary describes abortion as the "Premature expulsion of a foetus from the womb." This basically means the removal of a foetus from a woman's womb before it has had a chance of a unique life. There are two types of abortion. These are natural and procured abortion. Natural abortion is a miscarriage and procured abortion is a deliberate abortion. Before 1967, abortion was illegal and not openly discussed. In these times if a woman had money they would be taken to an illegal clinic for an illegal operation. Others would think she had a miscarriage. If they had no money they would try to abort the foetus themselves using household items such as salts and alcohol in a boiling hot bath. Despite bitter opposition the abortion act was passed in 1967. The laws are that, this country allows...

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