Struggling with the idea of having a child, McKinley ultimately decided to terminate her pregnancy.

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McCorvey was a single mother, pregnant for the third time, who wanted to terminate her pregnancy.

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Ms Shoesmith's latest legal action challenges the legality of this latest "attempt" to terminate her contract of employment.

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Dr Katherine Astbury told the court that she had been prepared to terminate the pregnancy if her patient's condition deteriorated, even if there was still a foetal heartbeat.

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Al Ansari was forced to terminate a previous pregnancy early on after her diagnosis, which made her think she would never be able to get pregnant.

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"The real problem was the inability to terminate prior to Mrs Halappanavar developing a real or substantive risk to her life, " Dr Boylan said.

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On May 20, 2004, petitioner signed a two-year lease for the period May 1, 2004 through April 30, 2006 with an option to terminate the lease on June 30, 2004, although the landlord actually allowed her to stay in the apartment until July 9, 2004.

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