Abortion is the termination or ending of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before it can survive outside the uterus. This results in the death of the fetus or embryo.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or Planned Parenthood, is a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care in the United States and globally. It is a tax-exempt corporation under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3)... Show More
abortion
noun abor·tion \ə-ˈbȯr-shən\
Simple Definition of abortion
: a medical procedure used to end a pregnancy and cause the death of the fetus
Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
Full Definition of abortion
1: the termination... Show More
In their 2014 Annual Report, PPFA reported seeing over 2.5 million patients in over 4 million clinical visits and performing a total of nearly 9.5 million discrete services including 324,000 abortions. Its combined annual revenue is US$1.3 billion, including... Show More