Termination of pregnancy occurs for various reasons. When there are either maternal or fetal factors, which cause termination of pregnancy without human intervention, then it is referred to as “spontaneous abortion”. It can also result from trauma to the mother as a result of an accident, or due to other reasons. However, sometimes termination of pregnancy is due to human intervention because of the woman’s choice to abort by request or consent. We now pose – …

Fourteen years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, which established a woman’s right to have an abortion in the United States, the state of Missouri passed a law which stated that “the life of each human being begins at conception” and “unborn children have protectable interests in life, health, and well-being.” It required that all Missouri state laws be interpreted to provide unborn children with rights equal to those enjoyed by other – …