Spanish Translation Glossary:
Abortion-Related Terms

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abortion
aborto
abortion care
atención relacionada con el aborto
abortion clinic
clínica de aborto
abortion-friendly states
estados que protegen el derecho al aborto
abortion pills
píldoras abortivas
abortion provider
proveedor de servicios de aborto, proveedor de servicios relacionados con el aborto
access
acceso
ally
aliada, aliado, persona aliada
conscientious objection
objeción de conciencia
conscious sedation
sedación consciente
contraception
anticoncepción
decriminalization
despenalización
dilation and curettage
dilatación y curetaje
dilation and evacuation
dilatación y evacuación
emergency contraception
anticoncepción de emergencia
fetus
feto
gestation
gestación
gestational age
edad gestacional
Global Gag Rule
Ley Mordaza Global
implantation
implantación
incomplete abortion
aborto incompleto
informed consent
consentimiento informado
intrauterine fetal demise
muerte fetal intrauterina
mandatory waiting period
período de espera obligatorio
maternal health
salud materna
maternal morbidity
morbilidad materna
maternal mortality
mortalidad materna
medication abortion
aborto inducido por medicamentos, aborto médico
medically necessary abortion
aborto médicamente necesario
Mifepristone
mifepristona
miscarriage
aborto natural, aborto espontáneo
Misoprostol
misoprostol
missed abortion
aborto retenido
morning-after pill
píldora del día después
Plan B
Plan B
post-abortion care
atención posterior al aborto
pregnancy
embarazo
procedural abortion
aborto quirúrgico
pro choice
a favor del derecho a decidir
protestor
manifestante, disidente, opositor/a, persona opositora
reproductive rights
derechos reproductivos
right to decide
derecho a decidir
self-managed abortion
aborto autogestionado
spontaneous abortion
aborto natural, aborto espontáneo
Supreme Court
Corte Suprema de Justicia
surgical abortion
aborto quirúrgico
telehealth
telesalud
telemedicine
telemedicina
termination
interrupción (del embarazo)
unplanned pregnancy
embarazo no planeado, embarazo no planificado
vacuum aspiration
aspiración endouterina

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