Originally Posted by Captain Trips

Don't tell me. Tell steve.

1: the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought
2 a: something very difficult or dangerous <the traffic was murder> b: something outrageous or blameworthy <getting away with murder>

murder - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Abortion is certainly done with thinking ahead (aforethought). That malice is involved might be argued. I would argue that it IS done with malice. It's done thinking that this tiny person needs to go. Needs to be "taken out of me."