| A | B |
|---|
| Abortion | Spontaneous or artificially induced expulsion of an embryo or fetus |
| Abortionist | One who performs abortions |
| Jane Roe | The anonymous prosecutor in favor of legal abortion |
| What was the year of Roe vs. Wade? | 1973 |
| What question did Roe vs. Wade ask? | Do women have the right to legal abortions under the U.S Constitution? |
| Unborn child | Individual human life in existence and developing prior to birth |
| Viability | Capability of living; used to denote power a new born child posesses of continuing an independent existence |
| Children | Progeny; offspring of parentage |
| Feticide | Destruction of the fetus |
| Fetus | An unborn child |
| Abortee | Woman upon whom an abortion is performed |
| Injunction | Court order prohibiting a party from a specific course of action |
| Late term abortion | A more complicated, controversial abortion performed after the first trimester |
| In what state did the case originate? | Texas |
| Trimester | 3 month interval; a woman carries a child for a total of 3 trimesters or 9 months |
| What right did Roe claim the Texas statute banning abortions violated? | Right to privacy |
