The termination of pregnancy by removal or expulsion from the uterus prior to viability is called?

• A. Delivery
• B. Abortion
• C. Miscarriage
• D. Ectopic Pregnancy

Answer: (B)

The term describes ending a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the uterus. That term is abortion, which covers both induced termination and spontaneous loss before viability. Viability is the point at which the fetus could live outside the uterus, roughly around the mid-to-late second trimester, though exact limits vary by setting. Delivery refers to giving birth and usually implies viability and ongoing pregnancy to term or preterm. Miscarriage is often used to describe a spontaneous loss, a specific type of abortion, but the question aims for the general term for any pre-viability termination. Ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy implanted outside the uterus, a completely different condition.