gestation
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So there was uncertainty at the time about whether they should be recommended for pregnant women, and if so, at what stage of gestation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Before the new law went into effect, the state allowed for abortions up to 15 weeks of gestation.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
Mifepristone, which prevents pregnancy progression, and misoprostol, which empties the uterus, are approved to terminate a pregnancy up to 70 days of gestation in the United States.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
The US first approved mifepristone for the medical termination of pregnancy through seven weeks gestation in September 2000.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
As a fat man, I walked with the foot soldiers so as not to jounce the gestation.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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“Potentially, those gestations that would have ended in fetal death in 2021 were born alive in 2022 and then died shortly after,” Ms. Gemmill said in an interview.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
For one, it works best with species that have big litters and short gestations, Quimon points out.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2021
The researchers who do this work say it would be impossible to use this technology with babies younger than about 21 weeks—and that pushing to earlier gestations is not their goal.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2020
Doctors disagreed about whether to reduce those to triplets or twins and about whether to reduce triplet gestations at all.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2011
Increased skill in diagnosis would raise the number of children brought to baptism, but it would more than proportionately raise the whole number of ectopic gestations discovered.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
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