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 Abortion is termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the womb, or

gestation age before 20 weeks, or fetal weight < 500 grams

 Early abortion < 12 weeks

 Late abortion 12-20 weeks

Insidence:

 15-20 % spontaneous abortions and 80% happens in the first trimester. With one abortion
the chance of abortion on the next pregnancy is 20%

 1.3% ectopic pregnancy

 62,5% results in live birth

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