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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Due to Mirri Maz Duur's BloodMagic, Mirri Maz Duur uses Rhaego as the sacrifice for the life of his father Drogo, unbeknownst to Rhaego's mother Daenerys at the time. Rhaego is said to be born dead and deformed.

* The now-infamous ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' storyline of the {{Spider-Man}} canon also included [[spoiler: Mary Jane's pregnancy getting aborted as part of the big magic RetCon.]] For irony's sake, Creator/JoeQuesada didn't want Spidey and MJ getting divorced because it might be seen as objectionable... so instead, he whipped up a storyline where a superhero makes a DealWithTheDevil and gets a free abortion in the process.

* ''SilentHill3'' features [[spoiler:a magic abortion pill - just the the thing you need when you're about to give birth to an evil god. Unfortunately she's a little too far along...]]

* ''{{Drowtales}}'': Pregnant tainted have a high chance of losing their babies to ambient nether essence floating in the womb. Nether essence is a tangible gas compared to radiation, but the mutation rate (especially cancer) is exponential compared to lethal doses of radiation. Either way, [[spoiler:Shinae]]'s baby was literally overcooked before it had been born.

* In the ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10817125/1/Fairy-Tales-Done-Hot Fairy Tales Done Hot]]'' retelling of "Literature/{{Rapunzel}}, Rapunzel is afraid that if she gets pregnant by the Prince, Dame Gothel will use her magic to abort the baby.

* In the ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10817125/1/Fairy-Tales-Done-Hot Fairy Tales Done Hot]]'' retelling of "Literature/{{Rapunzel}}}, Rapunzel is afraid that if she gets pregnant by the Prince, Dame Gothel will use her magic to abort the baby.

* ''{{Drowtales}}'': Pregnant tainted have a high chance of losing their babies to ambient nether essence floating in the womb. Nether essence is a tangible gas compared to radiation, but the mutation rate (especially cancer) is exponential compared to lethal doses of radiation. Either way, [[spoiler:Shala]]'s baby was literally overcooked before it had been born.

* The now-infamous ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' storyline of the {{Spider-Man}} canon also included [[spoiler: Mary Jane's pregnancy getting aborted as part of the big magic RetCon.]] For irony's sake, JoeQuesada didn't want Spidey and MJ getting divorced because it might be seen as objectionable... so instead, he whipped up a storyline where a superhero makes a DealWithTheDevil and gets a free abortion in the process.

* A variant was used by Marvel Comics for the ComicBook/ScarletWitch; she actually ''had'' her children (with a robot, and before you ask, [[FridgeLogic we're not sure how that works either]],) but when they got inconvenient they were {{Ret Con}}ned into being ''figments of her imagination mixed with the soul of a demon-lord.'' When you have RealityWarper powers that aren't under your complete control, it's not the most far-fetched thing that could happen. And then these "imaginary" children are now members of the ''YoungAvengers''. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Sort of]].

* ''Series/TheMagicians'': {{Discussed}} by Julia and Kady after the former gets pregnant by rape. However, it turns out spells which cause abortion are very dangerous, with side effects like erasing the woman's uterus, so they decide a regular medical procedure is a safer idea. After this doesn't work as Renard [[PsychicAssistedSuicide forces the doctor to kill herself]], she gets a different magical one from two Korean magicians.

* ''Series/TheMagicians'': {{Discussed}} by Julia and Kady after the former gets pregnant by rape. However, it turns out spells which cause abortion are very dangerous, with side effects like erasing the woman's uterus, so they decide a regular medical procedure is a safer idea.

* In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' exposure to dark magic in the womb kills [[spoiler: Daenerys']] unborn son, mutating and decaying him.

* Arlene of ''TrueBlood'' tries to have one with the help of a witch in season 3, because the baby's father [[spoiler: was a SerialKiller.]] It doesn't work. Oddly enough, she considered regular abortion wrong, but this okay for some unexplained reason.

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* A variant was used by Marvel Comics for the ScarletWitch; she actually ''had'' her children (with a robot, and before you ask, [[FridgeLogic we're not sure how that works either]],) but when they got inconvenient they were {{Ret Con}}ned into being ''figments of her imagination mixed with the soul of a demon-lord.'' When you have RealityWarper powers that aren't under your complete control, it's not the most far-fetched thing that could happen. And then these "imaginary" children are now members of the ''YoungAvengers''. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Sort of]].

* The now-infamous ''OneMoreDay'' storyline of the {{Spider-Man}} canon also included [[spoiler: Mary Jane's pregnancy getting aborted as part of the big magic RetCon.]] For irony's sake, JoeQuesada didn't want Spidey and MJ getting divorced because it might be seen as objectionable... so instead, he whipped up a storyline where a superhero makes a DealWithTheDevil and gets a free abortion in the process.

* In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' exposure to dark magic in the womb kills [[spoiler: Danaerys']] unborn son, mutating and decaying him.

* Arlene of ''TrueBlood'' tries to have one with the help of a witch in season 3, because the baby's father [[spoiler: was a SerialKiller.]] It doesn't work.

* An odd film example comes in a flashback scene at the beginning of ''Film/WarlockTheArmageddon''. A nameless female that becomes mystically pregnant with the titular Warlock is shown having the full-term foetus exorcised out of her with mystical jewellery. No, seriously.

* An odd film example comes in a flashback scene at the beginning of ''Film/{{Warlock}} II: The Armageddon''. A nameless female that becomes mystically pregnant with the titular Warlock is shown having the full-term foetus exorcised out of her with mystical jewellery. No, seriously.

Like in nature to the ConvenientMiscarriage, a Magical Abortion is what happens when a female hero on a supernatural series becomes pregnant, but the writers--terrified of addressing the issue of actual abortion and dissatisfied by the idea of doing a simple miscarriage--find a way to get rid of the unwanted foetus that involves magic in some way, thus making it less controversial. It differs from the ConvenientMiscarriage in that the pregnancy is directly and deliberately terminated, rather than naturally miscarried.

* In the ''DragonridersOfPern'' universe, the ''between'' used in teleporting is very cold, seeing as how it is absolute nothingness. Female dragonriders who go ''between'' too often or too long can end up infertile or sterile, and at least one dragonrider has deliberately used it to induce multiple abortions.

* In TheBible (specifically, the Book of Numbers), there is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordeal_of_the_bitter_water a test]] for a woman whose husband suspects her of [[YourCheatingHeart cheating]], but doesn't have proof. He takes her to the temple, unbinds her hair (and according to some interpretations, [[ShamefulStrip some or all of her clothing is removed]]), and they offer some grain flour to call on {{God}} to judge her. The priest mixes some dust from the floor with water in an earthenware vessel, and writes a {{Curse}} to go with it. If the woman has ''not'' been cheating (but only been MistakenForCheating), then the cursed water will not affect her. But if she ''has'', then one interpretation is that it would cause her to miscarry, either right then and there or shortly afterwards. (Other interpretations include ''her'' dying, prolapse of the reproductive organs, infertility, her lover(s) dying, contracting an STD, or some combination thereof.)

* In TheBible (specifically, the Book of Numbers), there is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotah a test]] for a woman whose husband suspects her of [[YourCheatingHeart cheating]], but doesn't have proof. He takes her to the temple, unbinds her hair (and according to some interpretations, [[ShamefulStrip some or all of her clothing is removed]]), and they offer some grain flour to call on {{God}} to judge her. The priest mixes some dust from the floor with water in an earthenware vessel, and writes a {{Curse}} to go with it. If the woman has ''not'' been cheating (but only been MistakenForCheating), then the cursed water will not affect her. But if she ''has'', then one interpretation is that it would cause her to miscarry, either right then and there or shortly afterwards. (Other interpretations include ''her'' dying, prolapse of the reproductive organs, infertility, her lover(s) dying, contracting an STD, or some combination thereof.)

'''Examples:'''

* An odd film example comes in a flashback scene at the beginning of ''{{Warlock}} II: The Armageddon''. A nameless female that becomes mystically pregnant with the titular Warlock is shown having the full-term foetus exorcised out of her with mystical jewellery. No, seriously.