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Abortion Learning Center

A surgical abortion is a procedure that ends a pregnancy by removing the fetus and placenta from the mother's womb (uterus. There are different types of surgical abortion. Sometimes the woman needs the procedure for a health reason. This is called...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 19, 2009
Invasive procedure resulting in pregnancy termination and death of the fetus. Abortion is the final consequence of a woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy. In the U.S., more than 50% of the pregnancies are unintended, and 50% of these end in...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
A medical abortion is the use of certain medications to end a pregnancy. The drugs help remove the fetus and placenta from the mother's womb (uterus. There are different types of medical abortion. Sometimes the woman has one for a health reason. T...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 9, 2009
Abortion is a generic term for pregnancies that do not end in a livebirth or a stillbirth. It is the premature expulsion from the uterus of the products of conception, which include the placenta, bag of waters, and fetus, if present.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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