"Legal abortion" refers to the permission or approval granted by the law to terminate a pregnancy through medical procedures that are safe, regulated, and performed by trained healthcare professionals. Full definition
Further research is needed to understand how marital and educational status may influence access to and use of legal abortion services among young women. (guttmacher.org)
There are times when it is hard to accept that advocates of legal abortion mean what they say. (firstthings.com)
We were running against an incumbent president who very openly and aggressively supported legal abortion. (firstthings.com)