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Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it is able to live outside of the uterus.1)
Miscarriage is another term for an abortion that happens spontaneously.2)
When intentional actions are used to stop a pregnancy, it is referred to as an induced abortion or, less commonly, a “induced miscarriage”.3)
The term abortion is frequently used to refer to exclusively induced abortions. A comparable surgery performed after the fetus has the capacity to live outside the womb is known as a “late termination of pregnancy”, or, less precisely, a “late term abortion”.4)
Abortion is one of the safest medical treatments in the industrialized world when it is legal. Abortion is now performed via medication or surgery.5)
During the first and second trimesters of pregnancy, the medication mifepristone in conjunction with prostaglandin looks to be as safe and successful as surgery.6)
The most typical surgical approach is dilatation of the cervix and the use of a suction device.7)