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The word '''abortion,''' in connection with pregnancy, can be defined as "Termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival."<ref>American Heritage Dictionary definition, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/A0020700.html abortion]</ref> Thus, the word includes miscarriage, but commonly refers to ''induced'' abortion; that is, the intentional performance of a procedure which causes the death of a living organism. Most Christian conservatives regard human life as beginning at conception and consider abortion to be the murder of innocent babies while in the womb of their mother.
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The word '''abortion,''' in connection with pregnancy, can be defined as "Termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival."<ref>American Heritage Dictionary definition, [http://www.bartleby.com/61/7/A0020700.html abortion]</ref> Thus, the word includes miscarriage, but commonly refers to ''induced'' abortion; that is, the intentional performance of a procedure which causes the death of a living organism.
  
 
Abortion is a controversial topic in the United States. Prior to 1973 it was illegal, usually criminal, and considered to be serious medical misconduct. The [[The United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]]'s 1973 [[Roe v. Wade]]<ref>Online text of [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=410&page=113 Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)]</ref> decision ruled that abortions are permissible, as a woman's choice, up to the point at which the fetus becomes able to survive outside the womb.
 
Abortion is a controversial topic in the United States. Prior to 1973 it was illegal, usually criminal, and considered to be serious medical misconduct. The [[The United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]]'s 1973 [[Roe v. Wade]]<ref>Online text of [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=410&page=113 Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)]</ref> decision ruled that abortions are permissible, as a woman's choice, up to the point at which the fetus becomes able to survive outside the womb.
  
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The abortion industry is a billion-dollar business in the United States, and both the industry and its allies are among the biggest financial contributors to Democratic Party candidates.  One of the largest political contributors to Democratic candidates is Emily's List, which raises money for women candidates who support various aspects of abortion, such as taxpayer funding, and oppose regulations such as parental notification and informed consent.
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The movement which supports freedom of reproductive choice for women labels itself the "Pro-Choice" movement; the movement in the United States which opposes a woman's reproductive rights calls itself the "Pro-Life" movement.  However, the "Pro-Life" movement tends to be rather conflicted on which "lives" deserve to be protected - as a majority of the followers of this movement support the death penalty, as well as the wholesale slaughter of the Iraqi people.  Seemingly, one is to conclude that a fetus has more rights than a full grown human being in their world view.
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The overwhelming majority of scientific studies have shown that abortion causes an increase in breast cancer, including 16 out of 17 statistically significant studies.<ref>http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/malec.pdf</ref>  However, like the tobacco industry in the 1950s, the abortion industry has so far kept this important information away from much of the public.
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Those who support abortion insist upon terms like "fetus"-- seemingly to minimize the humanity of unborn infants; those against it usually try to stress human element by referring to them as "unborn babies".
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The movement in the United States which opposes abortion calls itself the "Pro-Life" movement; the movement which supports it labels itself the "Pro-Choice" movement.  However, the movement that supports abortion is not "pro-choice" about funding it, but insist on government and insurance funding for abortion without any ability for objectors to opt out.
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Revision as of 01:51, February 21, 2007

The word abortion, in connection with pregnancy, can be defined as "Termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival."[1] Thus, the word includes miscarriage, but commonly refers to induced abortion; that is, the intentional performance of a procedure which causes the death of a living organism.

Abortion is a controversial topic in the United States. Prior to 1973 it was illegal, usually criminal, and considered to be serious medical misconduct. The U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade[2] decision ruled that abortions are permissible, as a woman's choice, up to the point at which the fetus becomes able to survive outside the womb.

The movement which supports freedom of reproductive choice for women labels itself the "Pro-Choice" movement; the movement in the United States which opposes a woman's reproductive rights calls itself the "Pro-Life" movement. However, the "Pro-Life" movement tends to be rather conflicted on which "lives" deserve to be protected - as a majority of the followers of this movement support the death penalty, as well as the wholesale slaughter of the Iraqi people. Seemingly, one is to conclude that a fetus has more rights than a full grown human being in their world view.

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  1. ↑ American Heritage Dictionary definition, abortion
  2. ↑ Online text of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
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