Types of abortion

Abortion is the expulsion or extraction from its mother of an embryo weighting 500 gm or less when it is not capable of independent survival. It is mainly divided into two types -
1. Spontaneous abortion
2. Induced abortion

Spontaneous abortion - It is divided in following types:

• Threatened abortion
• Inevitable abortion
• Complete abortion 
• Incomplete abortion 
• Missed abortion
• Septic abortion

Induced abortion - It has two types:

• Legal abortion - Medical termination of pregancy (MTP)
• Illegal (criminal) abortion