Abortion - surgical

Suction curettage; Surgical abortion; Elective abortion - surgical; Therapeutic abortion - surgical

Surgical abortion is a procedure that ends an undesired pregnancy by removing the fetus and placenta from the mother's womb (uterus).

Surgical abortion is not the same as miscarriage. Miscarriage is when a pregnancy ends on its own before the 20th week of pregnancy.

Abortion procedure

An abortion performed with dilation and currettage.

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