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Encarta Encyclopedia defines as Abortion; termination of pregnancy before the fetus is capable of independent life. When the expulsion from the womb occurs after the fetus becomes viable (capable of independent life), usually at the end of six months of pregnancy, ....

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.... is guaranteed by the ninth amendment, which contains the right to privacy. The ninth amendment states: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. This right guarantees the right to women, if they so choose, to have an abortion, up to the end of the first trimester. Regardless of the fact of morals, a woman has the right to privacy and choice to abort her fetus. The violence which occurs today because the of pro-choice/pro-life conflicts is minimal in similarity to the thousands of hopeless women who turned to the illegal abortions either doing themselves or ....