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abortion definition - legal

n

  1. The premature termination of a pregnancy.
  2. The intentional and artificial termination of a pregnancy that destroys an embryo or fetus.
  3. The spontaneous expulsion of an embryo or fetus before it is capable of living outside the womb.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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