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An abortion is the removal or expulsion from the uterus of an embryo or fetus, resulting in or caused by its death. This can occur spontaneously as a miscarriage, or be artificially induced through chemical, surgical or other means. Commonly, "abortion" refers to an induced procedure at any point in the pregnancy; medically, it is defined as a miscarriage or induced termination before twenty weeks gestation, which is considered nonviable. There have been various methods of inducing abortion ...
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Resources
- Abortion (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Abortion (Medline Plus)
- Abortion
- Abortion (National Institutes of Health)
- Abortion in Context: United States and Worldwide (Alan Guttmacher Institute)
- Abortion in the U.S. (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) - Links to PDF File
- Abortion Policy and Politics (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) - Links to PDF File
- Abortion Surveillance, 2000 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk (National Cancer Institute)
- Abortion: Can It Increase the Risk of Endometriosis? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Can Having an Abortion Cause or Contribute to Breast Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
- Choosing Abortion - Questions and Answers (Planned Parenthood Federation of America)
- Family Planning Prevents Abortion (United States Agency for International Development) - Links to PDF File
- Induced Abortion (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Induced Abortion (Alan Guttmacher Institute)
- Legal Induced Abortion Reporting in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Mifepristone (RU 486) Information (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)
- Mifepristone Questions and Answers (Food and Drug Administration)
- Post-Abortion Issues (National Abortion Federation)
- Pregnancy Choices: Raising the Baby, Adoption and Abortion (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- U.S. Pregnancy Rate Down from Peak; Births and Abortions on the Decline (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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