aborting: deliberately getting rid of; deliberately ending a pregnancy
fetuses (also spelt foetuses): unborn human beings, referring especially to the period of development from 8 weeks until birth die hard: something that changes or disappears very slowly infinitely more: much more dowry: the money or goods a woman's family give to the family of the man that she marries burden: in this case, something that causes a lot of worry and financial problems wipes out: to use up completely
rally: a large public meeting in support of something
kick off: start
degrading: making people less important than they really are
points to: draws attention to
census: an official survey of the population of a country | 
