Abortion

• Any pregnancy that ends before 20 weeks, though the term miscarriage is now used more to differentiate between a termination.
• The intentional termination of pregnancy by killing and expelling an embryo or a fetus. Also, any of various procedures that result in such termination and removal. Also called induced abortion.
• Koop, a religiously inclined man, took a relatively hard line on abortion; his opinions on the subject were the matter of some disquiet when he was nominated for the post.
• The loss of an embryo or fetus either spontaneously (miscarriage) or induced (when a pregnancy is terminated on purpose) before 20 weeks. After 20 weeks, the spontaneous loss of a fetus is called a stillbirth.
• The spontaneous or induced termination of pregnancy.
• The premature termination of pregnancy, before the birth of the fetus. Abortions are not legal in every country; in India it is possible under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act within a stipulated time period of the pregnancy.
• Pregnancy lost before the fetus can survive independently.
• The premature expulsion of the fetus or foal generally attributed to one of three causes: (1) Improper rations; (2) Injuries; (3) Bacillus abortus.
• medical termination of a pregnancy before the fetus has developed enough to survive outside the uterus; several types, including clinical, habitual, incomplete, missed, spontaneous, therapeutic and threatened.
• In medicine, an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and placenta) from the uterus. It is the loss of a pregnancy and does not refer to why that pregnancy was lost.
• termination of pregnancy
• miscarriage: failure of a plan