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  2. Termination for medical reasons - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, a challenge based on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights to the provisions in the Abortion Act 1967 that allowed the late-term abortion of fetuses with Down syndrome, failed in 2021. [19] Attempts have been made to remove the ability to perform late-term abortions for disability reasons through ...

  3. Miscarriage - Wikipedia

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    Spontaneous fetal termination after 20 weeks of gestation is known as a stillbirth. [15] The term miscarriage is sometimes used to refer to all forms of pregnancy loss and pregnancy with abortive outcomes before 20 weeks of gestation. The most common symptom of a miscarriage is vaginal bleeding, with or without pain. [1]

  4. Stillbirth - Wikipedia

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    Only 11 areas specifically use the term 'stillbirth', often synonymously with late fetal death; however, they are split between whether stillbirths are "irrespective of the duration of pregnancy", or whether some age or weight constraint is applied. A movement in the U.S. [63] has changed the way that stillbirths are documented through vital ...

  5. What is a 'late-term abortion'? Experts explain - AOL

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    What is typically considered a 'late-term abortion'? Again, "late-term abortion" is not a medical term. "It is a made-up term," Dr. Jen Gunter, an ob-gyn and author of The Vagina Bible, tells ...

  6. Rainbow baby - Wikipedia

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    The term "rainbow" is symbolic of the hope brought by the child after the emotional storm of the previous loss. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Research conducted at the University of Michigan establishes that "parental relationships have a higher risk of dissolving after a miscarriage or stillbirth, compared with a live birth", and that the risk is highest for ...

  7. This ob-gyn clinic treats pregnant women having ... - AOL

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    Rachel Gould’s son was one of the 21,000 babies that are stillborn each year in the U.S. Rainbow Clinics are trying to prevent stillbirths.

  8. Late termination of pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court has held that bans must include exceptions for threats to the woman's life, physical health, and mental health, but four states allow late-term abortions only when the woman's life is at risk; four allow them when the woman's life or physical health is at risk, but use a definition of health that abortion-rights organizations ...

  9. Pregnancy loss - Wikipedia

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    The terms early pregnancy loss and late pregnancy loss are often used but there is no ... Miscarriage. Toxic abortion, caused by pollution ... Late-term abortion ...