Therapeutic abortion refers to what?

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Therapeutic abortion is an intentional, medically guided termination of a pregnancy, typically planned in advance and carried out to protect the woman's health or to address a medical reason affecting the pregnancy. This definition fits the idea of a planned surgical removal of the fetus. Spontaneous abortion is a miscarriage, not planned or induced. Ectopic pregnancy management is about treating a pregnancy that has implanted outside the uterus, not terminating a viable intrauterine pregnancy. While induced abortion for fetal anomalies is a type of therapeutic abortion, the broader concept centers on deliberate, medically guided termination.