The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks.
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Viability
The ability to live, especially under certain conditions.
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Embryo
A human or animal in the early stages of development before it is born, hatched, etc.
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Pressure group
A group that tries to influence public policy in the interest of a particular cause.
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Pro-Choice
Advocating the legal right of a woman to choose whether or not she will have an abortion.
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Abortion on demand
The absence of restrictive legal statutes giving a woman the right to terminate a pregnancy at her request.
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Necessary evil
An unfavorable thing (an evil) that someone believes must be done or accepted because it is necessary to achieve a better outcome.
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Quality of life
The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group.
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Miscarriage
Miscarriage, also known as spontaneous abortion and pregnancy loss, is the natural death of an embryo or foetus before it is able to survive independently.
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Foetus (also fetus)
An unborn or unhatched offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human more than eight weeks after conception.
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Conception
The action of conceiving a child or of one being conceived.
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Pro-Life
Being opposed to the belief that a pregnant woman should have the freedom to choose an abortion if she does not want to have a baby.
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SPUC
Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. This is a pro-life advocacy organisation in the UK which opposes abortion.
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Sanctity of life
Because people are made in God’s image, human life has an inherently sacred attribute that should be protected and respected at all times.
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Doctrine of double effect
If doing something morally good has a morally bad side effect it's ethically okay to do it providing the bad side-effect wasn't intended.
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Ectopic pregnancy
A pregnancy in which the foetus develops outside the uterus, typically in a fallopian tube.
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The ability to live, especially under certain conditions.
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Viability
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A human or animal in the early stages of development before it is born, hatched, etc.
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A group that tries to influence public policy in the interest of a particular cause.
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Card 5
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Advocating the legal right of a woman to choose whether or not she will have an abortion.
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