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→Reasons for Abortions
* The child being the result of [[rape]] or [[incest]].
* The child being the result of [[rape]] or [[incest]].
* Risk to the mother's health or life
* Risk to the mother's health or life (whether or not a provision about this is included in proposed anti-abortion legislation is a common preliminary litmus test used to assess whether the legislation is likely to survive judicial review in the United States)
* The child being born severely disabled, which may be criticised as a form of [[eugenics]]
* The child being born severely disabled, which may be criticised as a form of [[eugenics]]
* Inability to care for the child, in which case [[adoption]] poses a better alternative
* Inability to care for the child, in which case [[adoption]] poses a better alternative