Group 4 Death, Abortion, and Animal Welfare

SPONTANEOUS
ABORTION/MISCARRIAGE
Threatened
Small falls, injuries or
stress during the first
trimester of pregnancy can
cause threatened miscarriage
Imminent (Inevitable)
Symptoms cannot be stopped
and a miscarriage will
happen.
Incomplete
The pregnancy is lost and
the products of conception
do not leave the body.
Complete
All of the products
(tissue) of conception
leave the body.
Missed
The pregnancy is lost and
the products of conception
do not leave the body.
Recurrent
The women who had three
spontaneous miscarriages that
occurred at the same
gestational age were called
“habitual aborters.”