the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it has reached the stage of viability (in human beings, usually about the 20th week of gestation). An abortion may occur spontaneously, in which case it is also called a miscarriage or it may be brought on purposefully, in which case it is often called an induced abortion.
Spontaneous abortions, or miscarriages, occur for many reasons, including disease, trauma, or genetic or biochemical incompatibility of mother and fetus. Occasionally a fetus dies in the uterus but fails to be expelled, a condition termed a missed abortion.
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History of Abortion
Abortion induced by herbs or manipulation was used as a form of birth control in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and probably earlier. In the Middle Ages in Western Europe it was generally accepted in the early months of pregnancy. However, in the 19th cent. opinion about abortion changed. In 1869 the Roman Catholic Church prohibited abortion under any circumstances. In England and in the United States in the 19th cent. stringent antiabortion laws were passed.
Attitudes toward abortion became more liberal in the 20th cent. By the 1970s, abortion had been legalized in most European countries and Japan; in the United States, under a 1973 Supreme Court ruling , abortions are permitted during the first six months of pregnancy. Abortion remains a controversial issue in the United States, however, and in 1977 Congress barred the use of Medicaid funds for abortion except for therapeutic reasons and in certain other specified instances. Several state legislatures passed restrictive abortion laws in hope that the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade, but in 1992 the court reaffirmed the basic principles of the 1973 decision.
Since 1995 the U.S. Congress has repeatedly passed, but President Bill Clinton vetoed, a bill that would ban a late-term method of abortion called by its critics partial-birth abortion. Subsequent attempts by many U.S. states to ban this method are being contested in the courts. U.S. opponents of abortion have used more militant tactics in recent years in attempts to disrupt the operations of facilities that perform abortions, and some extremists have resorted to bombings and assassination. In India, the abortion of female fetuses by couples desiring a male child led (1994) to criminal penalties for prenatal testing when done solely to determine the sex of the fetus; such tests have been banned in parts of China for the same reason.
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MURDER
Now if you're getting an abortion because you're too young to have kids or not ready, then you are too young to have sex and aren't ready to have sex- so why are you? If you're ready to open your legs, let someone in and have sex with you- you're ready for a baby. Nothing is 100% protective except saying "NO". If you are not ready for a baby, you're not ready for sex. A baby is just part of the game of sex. It may not know that it has a life yet, but give it a chance to live. You've had the chance to live, why shouldn't the baby?
You play, you pay- those are the rules of life!