abortion
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The contract explicitly provided that she would terminate the pregnancy if the fetus had a serious birth defect and the intended parents requested an abortion.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
She agreed to terminate the pregnancy if a serious birth defect were discovered and the parents requested an abortion.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Currently in Virginia, abortion is legal through 26 weeks and six days of pregnancy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
After consulting a lawyer, Lowrimore finally drove to a hospital in Kansas, where abortion is legal, and got an injection of the cancer drug called methotrexate within hours of arrival.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
I suspected she was, but before I knew the facts, she had an abortion.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
For Steinem, though, it became a passion only after she covered a meeting during which women opened up about their illegal abortions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Indiana acknowledged that Planned Parenthood was facilitating legal abortions.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
For example, in Missouri — where abortion access is highly restrictive with limited exceptions for medical emergencies— the number of medication abortions has quadrupled since 2023.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Women between 14 and 18 weeks pregnant had previously been able to get surgical abortions at its Cardiff clinic.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
We thought about an abortion, but it was illegal, and the only woman we had heard of who did abortions was supposedly connected with the police department.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
