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'''Abortion''' is the induced termination of a pregnancy.<ref>American Heritage Dictionary definition, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/A0020700.html abortion]</ref> The father of medicine, [[Hippocrates]], expressly prohibited abortion in his ethical Oath long before Christianity. Today abortion is a billion-dollar industry<ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/03/09/fetal.tissue/index.html</ref><ref>http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=8247</ref>  in the United States and Western Europe except for Ireland, Malta and Poland, where it is generally illegal.<ref>On April 10, 2007, Portugal legalized abortion up until the 10th week of pregnancy, with some conditions placed on the obtaining of consent for the abortion.  Abortion remains illegal in Ireland, Malta and Poland.  See http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=50451</ref>   
 
'''Abortion''' is the induced termination of a pregnancy.<ref>American Heritage Dictionary definition, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/A0020700.html abortion]</ref> The father of medicine, [[Hippocrates]], expressly prohibited abortion in his ethical Oath long before Christianity. Today abortion is a billion-dollar industry<ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/03/09/fetal.tissue/index.html</ref><ref>http://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=8247</ref>  in the United States and Western Europe except for Ireland, Malta and Poland, where it is generally illegal.<ref>On April 10, 2007, Portugal legalized abortion up until the 10th week of pregnancy, with some conditions placed on the obtaining of consent for the abortion.  Abortion remains illegal in Ireland, Malta and Poland.  See http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=50451</ref>   
 
== Abortion and Breast Cancer ==
 
== Abortion and Breast Cancer ==

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