Abortion
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Re coursework Ai What is meant by the word abortion? The dictionary definition of abortion is "the induced expulsion of a foetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently." Whereas the medical definition is the premature exit of the products of conception (the foetus, fetal membranes, and placenta) from the uterus (miscarriages also count as an indirect abortion) In the UK it is illegal to have an abortion after twenty four weeks apart from life threatening circumstances. To society in general abortion is a taboo, many people choose to ignore the issues around abortion and dismiss it as an everyday procedure because of the amount of women having abortion. But what they don't take into consideration is the suffering women go through when having an abortion, Most women believe that their child is not alive in their womb until late on in the pregnancy but what they don't know is that...

