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abortion

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The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.

The immature product of an untimely birth.

Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.

Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The hairsplitting difference between formed and unformed makes no difference to us. Whoever deliberately commits abortion is subject to the penalty for homicide. Basil of Caesarea

The emphasis must not be on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

ERA means abortion funding, means homosexual privileges, means whatever else. Phyllis Schlafly

Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You're for them or against them. Taxes go up or down; government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words abortion or tax cuts pass their lips. Ann Coulter

You have options when it comes to abortion now. It's not like 1955 when you just had to kick her down a staircase and hope for the best... you feed her a tapeworm and hope it takes a left at the Y. Doug Stanhope

The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience. Tony Abbott

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