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Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix B: Glossary
Pages 132-144
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Septic abortion can result from an induced legal or spontaneous abortion, but probably most often results from illegally induced abortion. An abortion that occurs naturally, without being deliberately induced; also known by the non-medical term of miscarriage.
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In 1957, the American Law Institute redefined therapeutic abortion in its Model Abortion Law as follows: "A licensed physician is justified in terminating a pregnancy if he believes that there is substantial risk that continuance of the pregnancy would gravely impair the physical or mental health of the mother or that the child would be born with grave physical or mental defect, or that the pregnancy resulted from rape, incest or other felonious intercourse." The current definition used by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists defines a therapeutic abortion as the interruption of pregnancy before the 20th completed week of gestation for legally acceptable or medically approved indications. These different definitions of therapeutic abortion evolved as the laws regulating abortion became less restrictive.
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The cell and liquid components within the amniotic fluid are analyzed for constituents indicating fetal disease, sex; and fetal and lung maturity. This procedure is usually performed after 14 weeks of pregnancy under local anesthesia.
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Women who become pregnant after age 35 have a higher probability of conceiving a fetus with Down's syndrome. A child born with this syndrome is usually mentally retarded, suffers from the malformation of one or more vital organs, and has an accelerated aging process and reduced life expectancy.
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The obstruction of one or more of the pulmonary arteries, which are the blood vessels leading from the heart to the lungs. A clot of blood or plug of material that can obstruct the flow of blood in a vein or artery.
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See Sterilization. LEGAL TERMS Restrictive Legislation Legislation that prohibits all induced abortion o£ only allows it to save the life of the pregnant woman, or to terminate a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest.
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METHODS OF ABORTION Dilatation and Curettage Hysterectomy Hysterotomy (Also known as D&C, surgical curettage or sharp curettage.) Induced abortion, usually performed in the first trimester by dilatation of the cervix as in suction, although usually to a larger diameter.
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It entails withdrawing a portion of the amniotic fluid from the uterine cavity by a needle inserted through the abdominal wall and replacing this fluid with a concentrated salt solution. This process induces labor, which results in the expulsion of the usually dead fetus approxmately 24 to 48 hours later.
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The number of deaths from a specific cause per 100,000 cases or procedures. In this report, abortion mortality ratio is used to refer to the number of deaths per 100,000 induced abortions.
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, attended by abdominal pain, vomiting, and fever. A hereditary recessive condition involving an inborn error of metabolism in which the metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine -- a constituent of most proteins -- is blocked by a deficiency or defects in phenylalanine hydroxylase.
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Death of a woman due to the complications of pregnancy, labor or childbirth. The time period from the termination of labor to when the uterus regains its original size and shape -- usually defined as 42 days.
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An infant born with this disease suffers acute pain called sickle-cell "crises," anemia, jaundice, malfunctioning organs, leg ulcers, lowered resistance to infections, and sometimes death. A developmental defect in the boney vertebrae that normally encases and protects the spinal cord.
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SUCTION See Methods of Abortion. TAY-SACHS DISEASE An inherited recessive disease due to an inborn error of metabolism in which lipids accumulate in the brain.
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