What exactly is abortion?
Abortion is a process that ends a pregnancy. There are two types of abortion: spontaneous abortion and induced abortion. Spontaneous abortion is a natural process resulting in the loss of a pregnancy. This is more commonly known as miscarriage. Induced abortion is a medical or surgical procedure that is undertaken with the intention of ending a pregnancy. Induced abortion is commonly known as termination of pregnancy. All information about ‘abortion’ on this website refers specifically to induced abortion (termination of pregnancy).