All 10 Uses
abortion
in
Becoming Me
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- I mean, both Beanie and I are hugely opposed to abortion (we even participated in a Right to Life parade once in middle school).†
Chpt 20 *abortion = intentionally ending a pregnancy
- And I know she'd never consider abortion—it goes against all she believes about the sanctity of life and everything.†
Chpt 22
- Apparently her relief was short lived, because then Zach said he had an aunt who worked for Planned Parenthood, and she knew all there was to know about getting an abortion, and that she might even know how they could get some financing help too.†
Chpt 24
- So she emphatically informed me she would not have an abortion—ever, no matter what!†
Chpt 24
- So I remind her that to kill herself was as bad as an abortion (actually worse!)†
Chpt 24
- But I thought all Christians believed that abortion was wrong.†
Chpt 24
- Steph acted really gracious toward Zach's position on abortion, saying that not so long ago she thought a woman's "right to choose" was the only way to go too.†
Chpt 24
- Anyway, the mom decided to get an abortion.†
Chpt 24
- Beanie told me that Zach had really been pressuring her this week to get an abortion.†
Chpt 25
- Then Zach said that as the father he had the right to say she should get an abortion, because otherwise that meant that he would have to support a dependent against his will, which seems totally ridiculous if you ask me.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(abortion as in: have an abortion) intentional ending of pregnancy with medical assistance by removing the fetus or embryo from the body before it is able to surviveA spontaneous abortion (more commonly called a miscarriage) is an abortion that happens without medical assistance or intent
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)