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Armand Hammer (who has no medical degree at the time) performs an illegal abortion on Marie Organesoff, wife of a Russian diplomat. She dies of complications, and Armand's father Julius decides to take the fall. Julius sentenced to three years hard labor for this crime he did not commit. (Dossier.)
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This section prohibits a physician from performing or inducing an abortion without securing the voluntary and informed consent of the woman upon whom the abortion is to be performed. Certain exceptions to securing the informed consent of the woman upon whom the abortion is to be performed are afforded under 18 Pa.C.S. Section 3206 (relating to parental consent) for a woman who is adjudicated to be incapacitated or is less than 18 years of age and is unemancipated.
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P[R]o-abortion organisations ... expressed concern at these figures, pointing out that 41,000 women under the age of 20 have abortions every year. Family Planning blamed insufficient funding for contraceptive clinics and a lack of sex education.
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The "Mexico City" policy is a remnant of the Reagan-Bush years that would prohibit the US from offering financial assistance to any non-governmental organization that counsels, refers or provides abortion services, even with private funding. The lawmakers should be reminded:
An estimated 43% of all women will have at least 1 abortion by the time they are 45 years old. 47% of all abortions are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion.
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In 2000 (the most recent year for which data are available), 11 women died as a result of complications from known legal induced abortion. No deaths were associated with known illegal abortion.
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