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partial-birth abortion

The definition of a partial-birth abortion is an abortion performed to end a pregnancy during the mid-to-late second trimester of pregnancy.

(noun)

Partial-birth abortion involves forcing the early delivery of a fetus in order to end the pregnancy.

See partial-birth abortion in Webster's New World College Dictionary

an abortion performed relatively late in pregnancy, in which the fetus is extracted in stages through the birth canal: a nontechnical term

See partial-birth abortion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A late-term abortion, especially one in which a viable fetus is partially delivered through the cervix before being extracted. Not in technical use.

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