Therapeutic abortion

Therapeutic abortion is a kind of abortion which is carried out because of medical necessity. In some cases, the pregnancy or childbirth is a medical risk to the health of the mother. In other cases, the unborn child would have grave birth defects. Therapeutic abortion is legal in most countries, even if other forms of abortion are illegal. Some countries also have a rule, that abortion is legal for the first part of the pregnancy and illegal afterwards. Even in these cases, therapeutic abortion is often legal.

Different methods can be used to perform a therapeutic abortion. Abortions are either chemical or surgical in nature.^[1]

1. ↑ "AboutKidsHealth". www.aboutkidshealth.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-22.^{[permanent dead link]}