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Abortion
Issues affecting the availability, safety and legality of abortion.
Aging of Population
A process in which the proportions of adults and elderly increase in a population, while the proportions of children and adolescents decrease. This process results in a rise in the median age of the population. Aging occurs when fertility rates decline while life expectancy remains constant or improves at the older ages.

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All terms and definitions, except where noted, are excerpted with permission from the Population Reference Bureau's International Population Handbook, by Arthur Haupt and Thomas Kane, 4th Edition, 1998.