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  2. Miscarriage - Wikipedia

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    Before the 1980s, health professionals used the phrase spontaneous abortion for a miscarriage and induced abortion for a termination of the pregnancy. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] By the 1940s, the popular assumption that an abortion was an intentional and immoral or criminal action was sufficiently ingrained that pregnancy books had to explain that abortion ...

  3. Here's what pregnancy actually looks like before 10 weeks ...

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    Women’s health expert Dr. Jennifer Wider tells Yahoo Life that “weeks 5 to 9 is the early time period in a pregnancy. At 5 weeks, the embryo is a mass of cells with a developing neural tube ...

  4. 6 facts about abortion that everyone should know - AOL

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    Dr. Andrea Henkel of Stanford University, tells Yahoo Life that medication abortion is “routinely offered as an outpatient — at home — [procedure] through 10 weeks of pregnancy, though there ...

  5. Self-induced abortion - Wikipedia

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    Soviet poster circa 1925. Title translation: "Abortions induced by either self-taught midwives or obstetricians not only maim the woman, they also often lead to death". A self-induced abortion (also called a self-managed abortion, or sometimes a self-induced miscarriage) is an abortion performed by the pregnant woman herself, or with the help of other, non-medical assistance.

  6. Late termination of pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Existing US laws would punish execution as homicide. Furthermore, US abortion experts refute the claim that a "born-alive" fetus is a common event and oppose enactment of laws that would mandate resuscitation against the wishes of the parents. [53] [54] 1.3% of abortions occur after 21 weeks of pregnancy in the US.

  7. What is a medication abortion? 5 people share their experiences

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    Related: Why I had an abortion later in pregnancy: 4 people tell their stories. ... Kai was 20 years old when she had a medication abortion at 5 weeks gestation. She said because she was so early ...

  8. Medical abortion - Wikipedia

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    For medical abortion up to 12 weeks' gestation, the recommended drug dosages are 200 milligrams of mifepristone by mouth, followed one to two days later by 800 micrograms of misoprostol inside the cheek, vaginally, or under the tongue. [18] The success rate of this drug combination is 96.6% through 10 weeks' pregnancy. [19]

  9. Septic abortion - Wikipedia

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    Septic abortion is diagnosed using clinical evaluation, bacterial cultures, and ultrasonography on people who present with signs and symptoms with intrauterine infections following by an abortion within 20 weeks of gestation. Medical history and physical examination are used as the first line in identifying people who are suspected of having a ...