All 7 Uses
abortion
in
It Happened to Nancy
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- I heard Belinda had an abortion; I could never, ever, never do that!†
p. 71.4abortion = intentionally ending a pregnancy
- Oh, horrors ...pain ...strain ...Mom ...Dad ...Lew's family ...school ...marriage ...abortion?†
p. 78.4
- Have an abortion ...not have an abortion.†
p. 116.8
- Have an abortion ...not have an abortion.†
p. 116.8
- She says she decides one thing one day and then changes her mind the next....It's a horrible decision either way, and she's only got weeks to decide if she's going to have an abortion.†
p. 138.5 *
- Abortion isn't anything now ...or is it?†
p. 138.7
- And if she'd had an abortion, then ...I think I'm worrying about it almost as much as she is.†
p. 141.6
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)