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Advancing maternal age and a woman's history of previous spontaneous abortions are the two leading factors associated with a greater risk of spontaneous abortion. [60] A spontaneous abortion can also be caused by accidental trauma; intentional trauma or stress to cause miscarriage is considered induced abortion or feticide. [61]
Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion, is an end to pregnancy resulting in the loss and expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the womb before it can survive independently. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Miscarriage before 6 weeks of gestation is defined as biochemical loss by ESHRE .
Bas relief at Angkor Wat, c. 1150, depicting a demon performing an abortion upon a woman who has been sent to the underworld. The Vedic and smrti laws of India reflected a concern with preserving the male seed of the three upper castes; and the religious courts imposed various penances for the woman or excommunication for a priest who provided an abortion. [3]
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Recurrent miscarriage or recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is the spontaneous loss of 2-3 pregnancies that is estimated to affect up to 5% of women. The exact number of pregnancy losses and gestational weeks used to define RPL differs among medical societies. [1]
A look back at U.S. abortion laws and the Roe vs. Wade decision.
Pregnancy with abortive outcome is a medical diagnosis and treatment category. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, pregnancy with abortive outcome is defined as "unintentional or intentional loss of a pregnancy before 22 weeks gestation."
It's difficult to apply any specific timeline to a "late-term abortion," but, in general math terms, a pregnancy would need to be past the halfway point — over 20 weeks — in order to qualify.