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- What was the difference among women who had abortions; women who abandoned, neglected, or abused their kids; and women who waited until they were ready and loved their kids?†
p. 50.7 *abortions = ending of pregnancies
- It set my mind spinning about all sorts of things, like gay marriage, abortion, nature versus nurture....We even talked about the ethics of modern obstetrics, where couples can now find out in advance if their baby will have a genetic disorder, and often abort the baby if they find out it's so.†
p. 77.2abortion = intentionally ending a pregnancy
- I think it will teach me about how the environment can influence whether teen moms decide to keep their babies, have abortions, or give them up for adoption or foster care.†
p. 85.1abortions = ending of pregnancies
- I looked at the posters on the walls and read the literature around the tables and quickly caught on that this was, among other things, a place where girls went when they wanted to get abortions.†
p. 88.6
- The Planned Parenthood literature was designed to make girls feel okay about getting abortions, by saying things like "Abortion is common.†
p. 88.7
- The Planned Parenthood literature was designed to make girls feel okay about getting abortions, by saying things like "Abortion is common.†
p. 88.7abortion = intentionally ending a pregnancy
- One in three women will experience an abortion sometime in her lifetime.†
p. 88.8
- Not that she'll choose an abortion, but that she'll experience one, as if it's something that passively happens to her.†
p. 88.8
- Statistics like that are always to be viewed dubiously; it includes women who had to have abortions because their lives were in danger or because the baby had already died in the womb.†
p. 88.9abortions = ending of pregnancies
- In their description of an abortion, Planned Parenthood explains, "Either a hand-held suction device or a suction machine gently empties your uterus."†
p. 89.1abortion = intentionally ending a pregnancy
- I immediately felt defensive; I hoped no one in the room thought I was there to get an abortion.†
p. 89.4
- No one ever said the word "abortion" out loud, or even "adoption."†
p. 109.2
- Fifteen to 20 percent of all pregnancies end in miscarriages, and 45 percent of teens who get pregnant have abortions.†
p. 130.7abortions = ending of pregnancies
- He was positive that I'd had an abortion and just made up the whole senior project as a way to cover it up.†
p. 163.6abortion = intentionally ending a pregnancy
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)