In a congressional hearing, the president of an anti-abortion group said terminating a pregnancy under a state law’s exception does not constitute an abortion. This is false. The definition of abortion is not dependent on the reason.
Legal scholars tend to approach the matter differently than those in the medical community. When it comes to a legal definition, what constitutes an abortion is often dictated in part by whether the patient made a conscious decision to terminate the pregnancy.Abortion laws across the states have used similar definitions.
The reason for terminating does not change the fact that the ending of that pregnancy is an abortion. That goes for abortions that are performed as a result of common exceptions under abortion laws: rape, incest or the health or life of the mother. "The definition of abortion is not dependent on the reason for needing an abortion," a spokesperson with the
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