pregnancy termination
Stopping a conception
Pregnancy termination is the deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.
The phrase is a clinical alternative to abortion, often used in medical contexts or when speakers want neutral-sounding language: The clinic offers pregnancy termination services.
It encompasses both surgical and pharmaceutical methods.
- reproductive justiceBodily autonomy in childbearing
- pro-choiceSupporting legal abortion access
- mifepristoneProgesterone receptor antagonist
- abortion pillOral pregnancy termination medication
- medical procedureHealthcare treatment or intervention
hemorrhage · conscientious objection · bodily autonomy · back alley · Roe v. Wade · heartbeat bill · infection risk · informed consent · religious doctrines · psychological counseling · socioeconomic factors · emotional distress · adoption agencies · reproductive rights · parenting classes · waiting period · peer support groups · pro-life
- Pregnancy Lossmiscarriage, stillbirth, stillborn, fetal demise, missed miscarriage
- pregnancy cancermaternal mortality, fetal monitoring
pregnancy terminationcarrying to term
live birth · childbirth · giving birth · delivery · parturition
pregnancy terminationconception
Formation of an idea
fertility treatment · IVF · procreation · assisted reproduction · embryo implantation
pregnancy, pregnant, impregnate, impregnation, termination, terminate, terminal, terminally, terminus