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therapeutic abortion

American  

noun

  1. abortion performed when a woman's pregnancy endangers her health.


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To protect themselves from liability, non-Catholic private hospitals often created so-called therapeutic abortion committees to confirm that a given procedure qualified under the “life of the patient” exception.

From Slate Sep. 19, 2024

She begins pushing back and breaking free after the medical board’s initial ruling, first by claiming to be suicidal so she can obtain a therapeutic abortion.

From New York Times Oct. 27, 2022

“Just last month there was a woman who had a therapeutic abortion scheduled because the foetus did not have a brain,” Kacpura said.

From The Guardian Apr. 21, 2021

Then a therapeutic abortion committee of three or more doctors—almost always men—decided if she qualified for a legal abortion.

From Salon Apr. 17, 2020

Certain important questions in relation to therapeutic abortion will be discussed at a later stage in this report.

From Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Various Aspects of the Problem of Abortion in New Zealand by McMillan, D. G. (David Gervan)

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