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What is meant by the word abortion?
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... What is meant by the word abortion? Abortion: the termination of a pregnancy by artificial or chemical means Abortion is ending the life of an unborn child or 'foetus' before it has had a chance to live. Abortion used to be illegal in Britain; in some places it still is for example Ireland. But in most western countries the laws have changed. Since 1973 the law in the USA has said that a woman has the right to have her pregnancy ended in this way. She does not have to give any reason just that she wants it done. In Britain abortion used to be a crime under the offences against the person acts of 1861, in 1967 the Liberal MP David steel introduced a Bill into the House of Commons, which became the abortion act of 1967. This act was amended in 1990 and applies to the whole of













