therapeutic abortion

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noun

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

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Most often, the doctrine is invoked by minors seeking an abortion without parental consent.
Should Teens Have The Right To Die?|Brandy Zadrozny|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The language of this bill is a de facto abortion ban for most pregnant federal prisoners.
The GOP’s Hidden Ban on Prison Abortions|Harold Pollack|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In other words, unnecessarily stringent abortion regulation could be far more dangerous than abortion itself.
Abortion Complications Are Rare, No Matter What the Right Says|Samantha Allen|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Anti-abortion organizations tend to tend to propagate the idea that the procedure is dangerous and unproven.
Abortion Complications Are Rare, No Matter What the Right Says|Samantha Allen|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He did suffer from ‘Black Dog’ [depression] as he called it and having something to concentrate on was therapeutic for him.
Churchill’s Secret Treasures for Sale: A British PM’s Life on the Auction Block|Tom Teodorczuk|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It seems to mean—'who very often seek after destroyed increase (abortion) and the play of love.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
It has been stated before that no attempt would be made in this paper to prove that epilepsy was curable by therapeutic means.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy|Alexander Hughes Bennett
As a therapeutic measure, society should utilize psychological knowledge as a new method of control.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
Theobromin for some time has been regarded as a valuable therapeutic agent.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
The therapeutic claims made for it are of the usual extravagant character.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various

therapeutic abortion

Induced abortion.