Is abortion permissible before four months?
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Abortion is absolutely impermissible, whether before the ensoulment, due to its involving the destruction of offspring, or after it, due to its involving the killing of a soul without right. An exception to this is a case of necessity if the continuation of the fetus poses a danger to the mother's life. This is determined by the judgment of trustworthy and expert physicians.
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