edical judgment, for the preservation of the life or health of the mother."4 In other words, abortion was only allowed "in cases when the pregnancy would endanger the woman's life or health; when the fetus would likely be born with a birth defect; or when the pregnancy resulted from rape."5
             Abortion is also a phenomenon with multiple implications upon the social, legal and political sectors. Today, the abortion battle is fought between medicine and legislature, as their representatives tend to see different realities, based on different interpretations of similar facts.
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