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Abortion : Not For The Abortion Act Of 1967

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“Abort Abortion: Not as easy as It Sounds”
Abortion is a very questionable practice, but in many countries is legal if the mother is a victim of rape, or the birth of the child threatens the mother’s own life. Every country has a different approach to abortion. For some, abortion is completely illegal while other countries allow abortion under specific circumstances. Great Britain, Indonesia, and the United States have very different laws when it comes to abortion, but they also share some common requirements. Each year in Indonesia, millions of women become pregnant unintentionally, and many choose to end their pregnancies, despite the fact that abortion is generally illegal. Like their counterparts in many developing countries where abortion is stigmatized and highly restricted, Indonesian women often seek clandestine procedures performed by untrained providers, and resort to methods that include ingesting unsafe substances and undergoing harmful abortive massage (Sedgh, Ball).
In Great Britain, abortion is quite freely available thanks to the Abortion Act of 1967. However, there are restrictions to the legality of this. Within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, abortion is allowed if the life of the mother is at risk, fetal abnormality is detected, or social/economic reasons pose an issue just to state a few. Abortion laws in the United States are a bit varied due to the split between federal and state laws. Each state has their own restrictions on abortion, though in

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