What’s the difference between abortion and miscarriage?
A miscarriage is the sudden loss of a pregnancy and death of the developing embryo or fetus before the 20th week. While the technical medical term for a miscarriage is “spontaneous abortion,” naturally occurring miscarriage should not be confused with abortion as used in common parlance to refer to the intentional killing of a developing embryo or fetus.
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Sources:
The Mayo Clinic. Miscarriage. Accessed December 19, 2023. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pregnancy-loss-miscarriage/symptoms-causes/syc-20354298.
