therapeutic abortion
Americannoun
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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
As a result, psychiatric justification became the primary rationale for therapeutic abortion before Roe.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 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
When an abortion is induced for the purpose of saving the woman's life, we call it therapeutic abortion; this is considered perfectly legal and proper.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.
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