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"Assess the view that abortion cannot be justified"
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"Assess the view that abortion cannot be justified" Abortion is the name for a situation in which a pregnancy is terminated before the term has been completed, thus the foetus is terminated whilst it is still inside its mother's womb. There are two different types of abortion they are natural abortion, this is otherwise known as a miscarriage, and a miscarriage is when a foetus is expelled from the uterus spontaneously. The second type of abortion is procured abortion; this is when the termination of the foetus occurs with outside help. Abortion has been legal in Great Britain since 1967: the 1967 Act states that an abortion can occur if two doctors agree that: the mother's life is at risk; there is a risk of injury to the mother's physical or mental health; there is a risk that another child would be put at risk and there is a substantial risk...
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