Course Works about Abortion When Is the Fetus Viable and What Does That Mean The starting point of the term fetus removal is from the Latin abortio, which means to prematurely end, lose or convey rashly. A fetus removal can happen because of a dangerous pregnancy, medical problems or states of the mother or a few other situational conditions, however typically the word applies to just medicinally ending the pregnancy. There two kinds of premature births: helpful, to save the soundness of the mother and elective which applies to the method when it is performed for some other explanation. In spite of the fact that Roe v. Ward legitimately confirmed the ideal for ladies to end their pregnancies in 1973, this clinical strategy has been fervently discussed and additionally challenged right to the present. Indeed, hostile to fetus removal viciousness killed Dr. David Gunn in 1993, Shannon Lowry and Lee Ann Nichols in 1994, Dr. Barnett Slepian in 1998 and Dr. George Tiller in 2009.