Abortion

Abortion

It is a spontaneous loss of a fetus before it is viable (has the potential to survive outside the womb). The World Health Organization (WHO) defines it as expulsion or extraction of an embryo or fetus weighing 500mg or less, approximately at or less than 24 weeks of gestation. In Tanzania abortion is defined as loss of pregnancy before 28 weeks of gestations. Clinical features will depend on the types of abortion.