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Abortion i) What is meant by the term "abortion"? In the dictionary, abortion is defined as a termination of pregnancy, which means expulsion of a foetus or an expulsion of an embryo that is incapable of survival. It also says that it is a "cessation" of normal growth, especially of an organ or other body part, prior to full development or maturation. Some people regard abortion as murder and others regard abortion as a natural operation performed on mothers who do not want a baby for particular reasons such as financial problems or in more serious cases, forms of abuse like rape. For many centuries, it was considered a serious crime to destroy a child in the mother's womb but in 1967, Parliament passed a law permitting abortion to be performed by qualified doctors in hospital if the continuation of the pregnancy would be a great risk because of the mother's physical/mental...

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