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partial-birth abortion — [pär′shəl bʉrth΄] n. an abortion performed relatively late in pregnancy, in which the fetus is extracted in stages through the birth canal: a nontechnical term … English World dictionary
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 — Bans a procedure called a partial birth abortion, used for ending pregnancy. Whether an abortion meets this definition has to do with the method used by the doctor and not with viability of the fetus or the number of weeks that the patient is… … Law dictionary
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act — For the failed 1995 bill, see Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995. Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 Full title An Act to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial birth abortion. Colloquial name(s) PBA Ban Enacted by the … Wikipedia
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act — Der Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act (Public Law 108 105, HR 760, S 3, 18 U.S. Code 1531) oder „PBA Ban“ ist ein amerikanisches Gesetz, das eine bestimmte Form von Abtreibungen (partial birth abortion) in fortgeschrittener Schwangerschaft (zweites… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995 — The Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act was a bill introduced in the Congress of the United States in 1995 by Florida Representative Charles T. Canady which prohibited intact dilation and extraction, sometimes referred to by the non medical term… … Wikipedia
partial-birth abortion — sur par′tial birth′ abor′tion n. (term used chiefly by opponents of abortion) intact dilatation and extraction … From formal English to slang
partial-birth abortion — /pahr sheuhl berrth / (term used chiefly by opponents of abortion) See intact dilatation and extraction. * * * … Universalium
partial-birth abortion — /pahr sheuhl berrth / (term used chiefly by opponents of abortion) See intact dilatation and extraction … Useful english dictionary
partial-birth abortion — noun Intact dilation and extraction (IDX or intact D X), also known as intact dilation and evacuation (intact D E), dilation and extraction (D X), intrauterine cranial decompression … Wiktionary
Abortion in the United States — has been legal in every state since the United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, on January 22, 1973. Prior to Roe , there were exceptions to the abortion ban in at least 10 states; Roe established that a woman has a right to self… … Wikipedia
