abortion

  • 81Abortion Act 1967 — Infobox UK Legislation short title=Abortion Act 1967 parliament=United Kingdom Parliament long title=An Act to amend and clarify the law relating to termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners. statute book chapter=1967 c. 87… …

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  • 82Abortion trial of Emily Stowe — The abortion trial of Emily Stowe was a famous early Canadian judicial decision on abortion in Canada. The case involved Dr. Emily Stowe, one of Canada s first female doctors. Stowe was acquitted, which was a rare outcome for abortion trials in… …

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  • 83abortion law —    Under the Franco regime illegal abortion had been very widely practised as a form of birth control. Until the legalization of contraceptives in 1978, numbers of abortions are estimated to have been between 300,000 and 350,000 a year in the… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

  • 84Abortion Opponents' List — The Abortion Opponents List was a Norwegian political party that was present in seven counties in the 2005 elections.Its only declared objective is to make abortion illegal. It is led by priests Ludvig Nessa and Børre Knudsen.The party drew… …

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  • 85Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand — The Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand (ALRANZ) is New Zealand s national pro choice organisation. It has existed since 1971. One of its early members was renowned family planning doctor and pediatrician, Dr. Alice Bush (1914 1974).… …

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  • 86Abortion, spontaneous — A miscarriage, that is, any pregnancy that is not viable (the fetus cannot survive) or in which the fetus is born before the 20th week of pregnancy. Spontaneous abortion occurs in at least 15 20% of all recognized pregnancies and usually takes… …

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  • 87Abortion, habitual — The miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies. The abortion of 3 or more miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) with no intervening pregnancies is also termed recurrent abortion. Habitual or recurrent abortion is a form of infertility. It is …

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  • 88abortion provider — Abortionist A*bor tion*ist, n. One who performs or procures abortion; among medical personnel, also called an {abortion provider}. Note: The word abortionist has negative connotations from the time when the practise was illegal in the United… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 89Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada — The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) is a Canadian pro choice organization which was founded in 2005. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, it is currently the only political group in Canada which is engaged in pro choice… …

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  • 90abortion-on-demand — /euh bawr sheuhn on di mand , mahnd , awn /, n. 1. the right of a woman to have an abortion during the first six months of a pregnancy. 2. an abortion performed on a woman solely at her own request. [1970 75] * * * …

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