In medicine, the following terms are used to define an abortion: Spontaneous abortion: An abortion due to accidental trauma or natural causes. These are also termed miscarriages. Induced abortion: An abortion deliberately caused. Induced abortions are further subcategorized into therapeutic abortions and elective abortions: Therapeutic abortion: An abortion performed because the pregnancy poses physical or mental health risk to the pregnant woman. Elective abortion: An abortion performed ...

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Abortion, Abortion - Definitions, Abortion - Spontaneous abortion, Abortion - Induced abortions, Abortion - Methods of inducing abortion, Abortion - Chemical abortion, Abortion - Surgical abortion, Abortion - Other means of abortion, Abortion - Health effects, Abortion - Physical health, Abortion - Suggested effects, Abortion - History of abortion, Abortion - Abortion debate, Abortion - Public opinion, Abortion - Abortion law, Abortion - Sources

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Abortion, Abortion - Definitions, Abortion - Spontaneous abortion, Abortion - Incidence, Abortion - Induced abortion methods, Abortion - Surgical abortion, Abortion - Chemical abortion, Abortion - Other means of abortion, Abortion - Health effects, Abortion - Suggested effects, Abortion - History of abortion, Abortion - Social issues, Abortion - Unsafe abortion, Abortion - Sex-selective abortion, Abortion - Abortion debate, Abortion - Public opinion, Abortion - Abortion law, Abortion - Sources

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As with most surgical procedures, the most common surgical abortion methods carry the risk of potentially serious complications. These risks include: a perforated uterus, perforated bowel or bladder, septic shock, sterility, and death. The risk of complications occurring can increase depending on how far the pregnancy has progressed, but these risks may be counterbalanced by complications that would ...

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Abortion, Abortion - Definitions, Abortion - Spontaneous abortion, Abortion - Incidence, Abortion - Induced abortion methods, Abortion - Surgical abortion, Abortion - Chemical abortion, Abortion - Other means of abortion, Abortion - Health effects, Abortion - Suggested effects, Abortion - History of abortion, Abortion - Social issues, Abortion - Unsafe abortion, Abortion - Sex-selective abortion, Abortion - Abortion debate, Abortion - Public opinion, Abortion - Abortion law, Abortion - Sources

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An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy associated with the death of an embryo or a fetus. This can occur spontaneously, in the form of a miscarriage, or be intentionally induced through chemical, surgical, or other means. The pregnancy of any female mammal can be aborted; however, this article focuses exclusively on the phenomenon in women. Abortions have been induced by various methods for centuries. In the 20th century, the ethics and morality of abortions became the subject of intense political debate in many areas of ...

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• Abortion - Definitions
• Abortion - Spontaneous abortion
• Abortion - Induced abortions
• Abortion - Methods of inducing abortion
• Abortion - Chemical abortion
• Abortion - Surgical abortion
• Abortion - Other means of abortion
• Abortion - Health effects
• Abortion - Physical health
• Abortion - Suggested effects
• Abortion - History of abortion
• Abortion - Abortion debate
• Abortion - Public opinion
• Abortion - Abortion law
• Abortion - Sources

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Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations (for example, in the case of twins, or triplets). Human pregnancy is the most studied of all mammalian pregnancies. Human pregnancy lasts approximately 40 weeks between the time of the last menstrual cycle and birth (38 weeks from fertilisation). The medical term for a pregnant woman is genetalian, just as the medical term for the unborn is embryo (e ...

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• Pregnancy - Detection and dating
• Pregnancy - Timeline of a typical pregnancy
• Pregnancy - First trimester
• Pregnancy - Second trimester
• Pregnancy - Third trimester
• Pregnancy - Medical aspects of pregnancy
• Pregnancy - Birth
• Pregnancy - Postnatal Period
• Pregnancy - Terms and definitions
• Pregnancy - Technical
• Pregnancy - Colloquial
• Pregnancy - Reference

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The issue of abortion in the United States is a highly charged issue with significant political and ethical debate. In a medical sense, the word abortion refers to any pregnancy that does not end in live birth. In the debate, however, abortion is almost always used to mean "induced abortion," as contrasted to "spontaneous abortion" or "miscarriage". Abortion in the United States - Legal aspects. The current judicial interpretation of the U.S. Constitution regarding abortion in the United States, following t ...

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• Abortion in the United States - Legal aspects
• Abortion in the United States - Abortion Statistics
• Abortion in the United States - Number of abortions in United States
• Abortion in the United States - Reasons for abortions
• Abortion in the United States - When women have abortions in weeks from conception
• Abortion in the United States - Abortion before Roe
• Abortion in the United States - Landmark case - Roe v. Wade
• Abortion in the United States - Jane Roe and Mary Doe
• Abortion in the United States - Later Judicial Decisions
• Abortion in the United States - Legislative developments
• Abortion in the United States - U.S. Political Parties
• Abortion in the United States - Effects of legalization
• Abortion in the United States - Opposition to abortion
• Abortion in the United States - Disruptive Anti-Abortion activism
• Abortion in the United States - Other impediments to access to abortion and differences in access

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Abortion has been legal in England, Scotland and Wales since 1967. At the time, the legislation was one of the most liberal in Europe. Abortion in the United Kingdom - History. Abortion had been historically legal under common law in England, Scotland and Wales. Under English common law, abortions prior to 'quickening' - when the fetus could first be felt to move by the pregnant woman - was thought to be morally and legally acceptable. Under Scottish common law, abortion was defined as a criminal offence unless pe ...

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• Abortion in the United Kingdom - The 1967 Act
• Abortion in the United Kingdom - Ireland
• Abortion in the United Kingdom - Later laws
• Abortion in the United Kingdom - Statistics
• Abortion in the United Kingdom - Approved methods

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Most world religions condemn abortion on demand, though most do consider abortion acceptable under very limited circumstances: Anglicanism: [1]. Buddhism: [2] Catholicism:[3] (abortion is always morally prohibited and laws that permit abortion are unjust) Hinduism:[4] Islam: [5] Judaism: [6][7] Sikhism:[8] Likewise, some atheists are also opposed to abortion.[9][10] Abortion, Abortion Law, Morality and legality of ab ...

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• Religion and abortion - General
• Religion and abortion - Buddhism
• Religion and abortion - Christianity
• Religion and abortion - Catholicism
• Religion and abortion - Eastern Orthodox
• Religion and abortion - Protestant
• Religion and abortion - Mormonism
• Religion and abortion - Hinduism
• Religion and abortion - Islam
• Religion and abortion - Judaism
• Religion and abortion - Orthodox Judaism
• Religion and abortion - Conservative Judaism

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Throughout history, induced abortions have been a source of considerable debate and controversy. An individual's personal stance on the complex ethical, moral, and legal issues has a strong relationship with the given individual's value system. A person's position on abortion may be described as a combination of their personal beliefs on the morality of induced abortion and the ethical limit of the government's legitimate authority. Political sides have largely been separated into absolute extremes — either seeking to make all abortion illegal, or to perm ...

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• Abortion debate - Significant issues
• Abortion debate - Rights
• Abortion debate - Timing
• Abortion debate - Polarisation
• Abortion debate - Official positions
• Abortion debate - Pro-life
• Abortion debate - Pro-choice
• Abortion debate - Religious groups
• Abortion debate - Emotions
• Abortion debate - History
• Abortion debate - History of the debate in the United States
• Abortion debate - Modern arguments
• Abortion debate - Overview
• Abortion debate - Philosophical argumentation on the moral issue
• Abortion debate - Media bias

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The controversial abortion-breast cancer (ABC) hypothesis posits a causal relationship between having an induced abortion and a higher risk of developing breast cancer in the future. An increased level of estrogen in early pregnancy helps to initiate cellular differentiation (growth) in the breast in preparation for lactation. If this process is terminated, through abortion, before full differentiation in the third trimester, then more "vulnerable" undifferentiated cells will be left than there were prior to the pregnancy. It is propo ...

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• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - Scientific studies
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - Confounding factors and hormones
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - Spontaneous abortion
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - Rats
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - Interviews
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - Meta-analysis
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - Cohorts
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - NCI workshop
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - Anti-abortion bias
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - North Dakota lawsuit
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - State laws
• Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis - Conclusion

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For the 1996 novel by John Ross, see Unintended Consequences. Unintended consequences can be either positive, in which case we get serendipity or windfalls source of problems, according to the Murphy's law definitively negative: perverse effect, which is the opposite result to the one intended The Law of Unintended Consequences holds that almost all human actions have at least one unintended consequence. In ...

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In ecology, carrying capacity is the measure of an environment, or habitat, to indefinitely sustain the population of a particular species in a steady-state population density. An alternative definition for carrying capacity is: the maximum population of a particular species a particular region can support without hindering future generations' ability to maintain the same population. The carrying capacity of an environment will vary for different species in different habitats, and can change over time due to a species impact on ...

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Birth Control was a notable German Krautrock band known for its progressive hard-rock sound and provocative album covers. Birth Control formed in the middle of 1968 in Berlin from two other bands, the Earls and the Gents. The initial members were: Bernd Koschmidder (bass), Reinhold Sobotta (organ), Rolf Gurra (saxophone and vocals), Fritz Groeger (vocals), Klaus Orso (guitar), Reiner Borchert (guitar), and Hugo Egon Balder (percussion). The name of the band was a response to Pope Paul VI's declaration that contraceptives were sinful. Their 9'47" lasting single Gamm ...

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A bachelor is an unmarried but marriageable man; some restrict the usage to men who have never been married. The female equivalent term is spinster. In literature during the Victorian era, the term was sometimes used as a euphemism for a homosexual man (particularly in the phrase "confirmed bachelor"). Bachelor - Etymology and historical meanings. The word is from from Old French bacheler "knight bachelor," a young squire in training, ultimately from Latin baccalarius, a vassal fa ...

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• Bachelor - Penal laws and customs

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Bioethics is the ethics of biological science and medicine. Bioethics - Definition and scope. Bioethics concerns the ethical questions that arise in the relationships between biology, medicine, cybernetics, politics, law, philosophy, and theology. Disagreement exists about the proper scope for the application of ethical evaluation to questions involving biology. Some bioethicists would narrow ethical evaluation only to the morality of medical treatments or technological innovations, and the timing of ...

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• Bioethics - Issues
• Bioethics - References general
• Bioethics - Muslim Bioethics
• Bioethics - Jewish Bioethics
• Bioethics - Christian Bioethics

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The American Humanist Association is an American Humanist group serving both secular and religious humanists, but tending to favor secularism. Founded in 1941, the AHA has served its members by initiating social reforms and other programs. Humanists and the American Humanist Association were among the first to advocate for and/or introduce many significant developments in the fields of human rights, the control of population growth, sexual equality, civil liberties, educ ...

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• American Humanist Association - AHA's Definition of Humanism
• American Humanist Association - AHA's Role in Humanism
• American Humanist Association - AHA's Humanists of the Year

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Birth control is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant. Methods and intentions typically termed birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family planning. Mechanisms which are intended to reduce the likelihood of the fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon may more specifically be referred to as contraception. Contraception differs from abortion in that the former prevents fertilization, whereas a ...

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• Birth control - History of birth control
• Birth control - Birth control methods
• Birth control - Protection against sexually-transmitted infections
• Birth control - Religious and cultural attitudes toward birth control
• Birth control - Protestant Christianity
• Birth control - Catholic Christianity
• Birth control - Islam
• Birth control - Judaism

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There are various causes for habitual abortions, and some are treatable. Some couples never have a cause identified, often after extensive investigations.[3] Habitual abortion - Uterine conditions. An uterine malformation is considered to cause about 15% of recurrent miscarriages. The most common abnormality is a uterine septum, a partition of the uterine cavity. The diagnosis is made by x-ray or ultrasound of the uterus. Also uterine leiomyomata could result to pregnancy loss. In the second trimester a ...

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Habitual abortion, Habitual abortion - Definition, Habitual abortion - Causes, Habitual abortion - Uterine conditions, Habitual abortion - Thrombophilia, Habitual abortion - Translocations, Habitual abortion - Endocrine disorders, Habitual abortion - Immune factors, Habitual abortion - Ovarian age, Habitual abortion - Infection, Habitual abortion - Parental HLA sharing, Habitual abortion - Lifestyle factors, Habitual abortion - Assessment

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Abortion

Artificially terminating a pregnancy before delivery. For years this has been a keystone of fundamentalist activism, the Pro-Life Movement.

(See also: Abortion, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Abortion had been historically legal under common law in England, Scotland and Wales. Under English common law, abortions prior to 'quickening' - when the fetus could first be felt to move by the pregnant woman - was thought to be morally and legally acceptable. Under Scottish common law, abortion was defined as a criminal offence unless performed for 'reputable medical reasons,' a definition sufficiently broad as to essentially preclude prosecution. Following protests from medical professionals, who worried about the dangers of the procedur ...

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Abortion in the United Kingdom, Abortion in the United Kingdom - History, Abortion in the United Kingdom - The 1967 Act, Abortion in the United Kingdom - Ireland, Abortion in the United Kingdom - Later laws, Abortion in the United Kingdom - Statistics, Abortion in the United Kingdom - Approved methods

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