Abolition

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Abolition is the act of making an existing legal practice, by making it illegal, or simply no longer letting it exist.

Notable things which have been abolished include:

• Slavery - see Abolitionism
• The Soviet Union
• Alcohol - see Prohibition
• Numerous monarchies
• Gay marriage in California

Issues which are topics of debate over their possible abolition include:

• Suffering - see also: Abolitionism (bioethics)
• Capital punishment
• Deportations
• Ageing
• Imprisonment
• Speciesism
• Abortion
• Firearms ownership and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
• Religion
• Age of consent
• Nationalism
• Government

Prostitution

• The legal status of animals as property - see Abolitionism (animal rights)

A common and usually uncontroversial abolition is that of electoral districts during redistricting.

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