What is the general term for abortions which are not performed for emergency medical reasons?

Posted on September 18, 2009 by admin

I don’t mean medical abortions, for example, to prevent the death of the mother if carrying through with the pregnancy meant both she and the baby would die. I mean abortions done due to the pregnancy simply being an inconvenience.

A medical abortion is an abortion done by a doctor (for what ever reason) also called an induced abortion. Not-medical abortion is the morning after pill. Spontaneous abortion is the medical term for a miscarriage.

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6 Responses to What is the general term for abortions which are not performed for emergency medical reasons?

  1. x13r1774ny says:
    September 18, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    uhm, abortion as a form of contraception?
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  2. Denise G says:
    September 18, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    That IS an abortion. The other – due to medical condition, is usally called "termination".
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  3. SuMmEr says:
    September 18, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    No matter how you look at it, it is still terminating a pregnancy. I do not know of any other term used.
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  4. Felix T. Cat says:
    September 18, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    A medical abortion is an abortion done by a doctor (for what ever reason) also called an induced abortion. Not-medical abortion is the morning after pill. Spontaneous abortion is the medical term for a miscarriage.
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  5. herdoula says:
    September 18, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    Its called elective termination.
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  6. Nurse Susan says:
    September 18, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    They call them ‘therapeutic abortions’[ not an accurate name], or ‘elective abortions’[ used more frequently now ].
    A miscarraige is a ‘spontaneous abortion’.
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    RN