gestation

It is used to end pregnancies through 10 weeks gestation in combination with the drug misoprostol, which stimulates contractions and softens the cervix, allowing tissue to expel.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

Before the new law went into effect, the state allowed for abortions up to 15 weeks of gestation.

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

The company says its product, which works solely with bovine breath samples, has detected gestation with 94% accuracy in lab tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

The review's timeline indicates it would probably have analysed the case of Chloe Vowels-Lovett, whose baby, Esme, was stillborn at 38 weeks' gestation in February 2022.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

“Did you know that bovines have a typical gestation period of approximately two hundred and eighty-three days?”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“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

Finally, some mothers, including the obese, jogged on little running wheels throughout the resulting pregnancies, voluntarily covering up to seven miles a week in the early stages of their three-week gestations.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 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

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