Group 4 Death, Abortion, and Animal Welfare

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SPONTANEOUS & INDUCEDABORTIONSpontaneous Abortionrefers to pregnancy loss atless than 20 weeks'gestation in the absence ofelective medical orsurgical measures toterminate the pregnancy.The term “miscarriage” issynonymous and often isused with patients becausethe word “abortion” isassociated with electivetermination.Induced AbortionAlso known as ElectiveTermination of PregnancyIt is a procedureperformed to end apregnancy before fetalviability.Such procedures are alsoreferred to as medical andsurgically inducedabortion

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SPONTANEOUS & INDUCED

ABORTION

Spontaneous Abortion

refers to pregnancy loss at

less than 20 weeks'

gestation in the absence of

elective medical or

surgical measures to

terminate the pregnancy.

The term “miscarriage” is

synonymous and often is

used with patients because

the word “abortion” is

associated with elective

termination.

Induced Abortion

Also known as Elective

Termination of Pregnancy

It is a procedure

performed to end a

pregnancy before fetal

viability.

Such procedures are also

referred to as medical and

surgically induced

abortion

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