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Abortion

Abortion, a miscarriage, or the premature expulsion of the contents of the womb before the term of gestation is

abortion

abortion 1 : the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, or closely followed by the death of the

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pro lifer

One who is opposed to voluntary abortion one who is pro life especially an activist in the campaign to make abortion illegal

F'ticide

F'ticide, criminal abortion. See ABORTION.

of someone else, such as a law that requires a minor to notify a parent before obtaining an abortion but allows an appropriately qualified minor to obtain a court order permitting the abortion without parental notice, Black's

pro life

Same as antiabortion used by those opposed to voluntary abortion to emphasize their view of a fetus as already living and to avoid the negative tone of a

Nemo debet bis vexari, si constat curi' quod sit pro una et eadem causa

the application of the maxim, see Rex. v. Simpson, (1914) 1 KB 66. See AUTREFOIS CONVICT. But an abortive trial without a verdict, as if a jury he discharged for inability to agree, may be followed by

Miscarriage

Miscarriage, a failure of justice. See 29 Car. 2, c. 3, s. 4. See also ABORTION. It means expulsion of the contents of a pregnant uterus at any period prior to or during the

Infanticide

the killing of a child immediately after it is born. The felonious destruction of the feticide, or criminal abortion. In every case in which an infant is found dead, and its death becomes the subject of judicial

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