The medical definition o f abortion is "An abortion is the premature termination of pregnancy resulting in the death of any or all carried embryo(s) or fetus (es)."(www. en.wikipedia.org).
In the United States, there is an abortion can be done: vacuum aspiration, medicine, or surgery:
1. Vacuum aspiration: (Manual vacuum aspiration "MVA" or Dilation and suction curettage "D&C") which is basically emptying the uterus with suction, this procedure more like a minor surgery without incision that may involve anesthesia, done in a clinical office and available through the first trimester, and sometimes up till 20 weeks into pregnancy.
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Surgical Abortion Abortions performed after 14 weeks of pregnancy can be performed using two main methods: Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) or Dilation and extraction abortions (D&X). D& E procedure uses the dilatators the same way as D&C, but the dilation taking between few hours and overnight. Then the fetal tissue and the fluid around the fetus are removed from the uterus with surgical instruments. (D&X) is often referred to by anti-abortion groups, as Partial birth Abortion. During a dilation and evacuation, the doctor terminates the pregnancy by dismembering the fetus inside the uterus or as it is extracted from the uterus into the vagina. Because the fetal skull is too large to pass through a cervix that is only partially dilated, the head is crushed with forceps prior to extraction from the uterus. Then each fetal part is dismembered to prevent injury to the woman, due uterine tears or perforations by bony fragments fetal bones. This operation is mostly performed when the fetus has died, badly malformed, or a continued pregnancy would place the woman's life or health in