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Abstract The world Health Organization (W.H.O) defined abortion as: the expulsion or extraction from its mother of a fetus or an embryo weighing 500 grams or less, (approximately equals to 20-22 completed weeks of gestation) i.e. (140-154 completed days) or an otherwise product of gestation of any weight and specifically designated (e.g. hydatidiform mole) irrespective of gestational age and whether or not there is evidence of life and whether or not the abortion was spontaneous or induced*11. |