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Abortion

Abortion is when a growing foetus is removed from the womb. There are two different types of abortion, procured abortion, which is when the foetus is deliberately killed, and natural abortion, which is often known as a miscarriage, when the mother naturally loses the foetus through no fault of her own. When the mother chooses to have a procured abortion, she is given general anaesthetic and the neck of the womb is opened, a suction apparatus is used to remove the foetus tissue. Abortion was only made legal in 1967 before that, women would have ‘back-street abortions’ performed by unqualified doctors in very in sterile premises. The law says that an abortion must be performed within 24 weeks of conception of the foetus unless certain circumstances apply.

According to the law in the U.K “Two doctors must agree that termination of the pregnancy is necessary”. There are a few circumstances that will allow a termination at any time for example, if giving birth would be a risk to the life of the mother or risk that the child were born with physical or mental abnormalities, amongst other reasons.

The bible teaches us that abortion is wrong although it never actually says that it does give a very distinct impressio

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