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I've noticed people talking about abortion and they're obviously referring to miscarriage, which I know is at least the US term for a spontaneous abortion. So is calling miscarriage an abortion (because a miscarriage is an abortion by the body) a UK thing, like how fries are chips, and chips are crisps, and diapers are nappies, and that kinda thing?

2006-08-05 01:50:44 · 7 answers · asked by criticalcatalyst 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

"Where on earth did you get this idea from ?"

From people who say abortion and are obviously talking about miscarriage. I don't know if it's used that way in other countries, and the UK was the only one I can think of since it's a country that speaks English. I don't know if it's a translation thing or just a different English thing. I was curious. But I do know that many sites refer to miscarriage as the spontaneous abortion of the fetus, so I assumed that's where the mixup keeps coming from.

2006-08-05 02:04:30 · update #1

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I know the ob/gyn office I work in doesn't use the term miscarriage, it's considered slang. The difference is voluntary abortion and spontaneous abortion.

2006-08-05 02:01:31 · answer #1 · answered by Heather 1 · 1 0

I think the old and correct medical term would be abortion. The body has aborted the foetus.

But I live in UK and women refer to this as miscarriage as opposed to deliberate voluntary abortion of the foetus. Also, it's more common to say "termination" these days in reference to this.

2006-08-05 09:21:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I don't know anybody in UK [my home country] who would erroniously decribe an abortion as a miscarriage or the other way around.Where on earth did you get this idea from ?.

2006-08-05 08:57:31 · answer #3 · answered by morasice17 3 · 0 0

Not that Im aware off, Im from the UK and as far as I know and wat my friends all talk about. A miscarriage is a spontaneous lose of a fetus, an abortion is a planned termination of a pregnancy.

2006-08-05 08:56:15 · answer #4 · answered by livachic2005 4 · 0 0

Yes, and what the world needs noware some retro-active miscarriages.

2006-08-05 08:58:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

hmmm...chips versus miscarriage/abortion.....

2006-08-05 08:56:40 · answer #6 · answered by agliotti 3 · 0 0

i think so, an abortion is whenyou kill the baby onporpose, a miscarrige is when something went wrong and it couldn't survive.

2006-08-05 08:56:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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