induced abortionan abortion purposely and artificially caused either by the mother herself or by a third party see abortifacient
late-term abortion. An abortion performed during the latter stages of pregnancy, usu. after the middle of the second trimester. partial-birth abortion. An abortion in which a viable fetus is partially delivered before being destroyed. spontaneous abortion. See MISCARRIAGE. therapeutic abortion. An abortion carried out to preserve the life or health of the mother. [Cases: Abortion […]