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Article: Abortion
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Abortion
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the time of extrauterine viability. An abortion terminates the life of the embryo (the fertilized egg before three months of growth) or the fetus (after three months).
Spontaneous abortions,
also called
miscarriages,
occur when the fetus or embryo is spontaneously expelled by the body. An
induced abortion
occurs when there is deliberate human intervention to end the pregnancy. Induced abortions can be accomplished medically or surgically.
Medically induced abortions are accomplished by giving drugs like mifepristone (RU-486), which block the work of the hormone progesterone and soften the lining of the uterus, thus ending the ...
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Article: Reported legal abortions, by number of previous legal ...
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;
November 29, 2002 ;
700+ words
... ... Reported legal abortions, by number of previous legal induced abortions and state of occurrence --selected states," United ... York City; excludes three areas where number of previous induced abortions was reported as unknown for >15% of womer + Percentages ...
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