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What is the expiation for one who aborted her fetus at two months due to health reasons and psychological distress?

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Aborting a fetus after ensoulment (forty days or more) is a grave sin that requires repentance, abundant seeking of forgiveness, and righteous deeds. It necessitates a ghurra (a male or female slave) or one-tenth of the mother's blood money, to be distributed among her heirs who did not participate in the abortion. The effort and hardship mentioned do not constitute a legal necessity that permits abortion.

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