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	"If you wish to understand the [[essentialism|essential nature]] of [[murder]], you do not begin with a discussion of something complicated or emotionally [[Loaded language|loaded]], such as [[assisted suicide]] or [[abortion]] or [[capital punishment]]. Assisted suicide may or may not be murder, but determining whether such [[Dispute |disputed]] cases are murder requires first that we are clear on the nature and logic of [[Dispute|indisputable]] cases; we move from the [[controversy|uncontroversial]] center to the disputed remote territories. The same principle holds in [[aesthetics|aesthetic theory]]." --''[[The Art Instinct]]'', p. 50		"If you wish to understand the [[essentialism|essential nature]] of [[murder]], you do not begin with a discussion of something complicated or emotionally [[Loaded language|loaded]], such as [[assisted suicide]] or [[abortion]] or [[capital punishment]]. Assisted suicide may or may not be murder, but determining whether such [[Dispute |disputed]] cases are murder requires first that we are clear on the nature and logic of [[Dispute|indisputable]] cases; we move from the [[controversy|uncontroversial]] center to the disputed remote territories. The same principle holds in [[aesthetics|aesthetic theory]]." --''[[The Art Instinct]]'', p. 50
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-	{{Template}}	+	{{Template}}'''Abortion''' is the ending of [[pregnancy]] due to removing an [[embryo]] or [[fetus]] before it can [[fetal viability|survive outside the uterus]]. An abortion that occurs spontaneously is also known as a [[miscarriage]]. When deliberate steps are taken to end a pregnancy, it is called an [[#Induced|induced abortion]], or less frequently an "induced miscarriage". The word ''abortion'' is often used to mean only induced abortions. A similar procedure after the fetus could potentially survive outside the [[womb]] is known as a "[[late termination of pregnancy]]" or less accurately as a "late term abortion".
-	An '''abortion''' is the removal or expulsion of an [[embryo]] or [[fetus]] from the [[uterus]], resulting in or caused by its death. This can occur spontaneously as a [[miscarriage]], or be artificially induced by [[chemistry|chemical]], [[surgery|surgical]] or other means. Commonly, "abortion" refers to an induced procedure at any point during human [[pregnancy]]; medically, it is defined as miscarriage or induced termination before twenty weeks' [[gestation]], which is considered [[Viability|nonviable]].	+
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-	Throughout [[History of abortion|history]], abortion has been induced by various methods. The [[Ethical aspects of abortion|moral]] and [[Abortion law|legal]] aspects of abortion are subject to intense [[Abortion debate|debate]] in many parts of the world. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion]	+
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"If you wish to understand the essential nature of murder, you do not begin with a discussion of something complicated or emotionally loaded, such as assisted suicide or abortion or capital punishment. Assisted suicide may or may not be murder, but determining whether such disputed cases are murder requires first that we are clear on the nature and logic of indisputable cases; we move from the uncontroversial center to the disputed remote territories. The same principle holds in aesthetic theory." --The Art Instinct, p. 50

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Abortion is the ending of pregnancy due to removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus. An abortion that occurs spontaneously is also known as a miscarriage. When deliberate steps are taken to end a pregnancy, it is called an induced abortion, or less frequently an "induced miscarriage". The word abortion is often used to mean only induced abortions. A similar procedure after the fetus could potentially survive outside the womb is known as a "late termination of pregnancy" or less accurately as a "late term abortion".

In fiction

• Vera Drake (2004) - Mike Leigh
• Story of Women (1988) - Claude Chabrol