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

This change was made permanent in 2022, so women can take pills at home for gestation of up to nine weeks and six days.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 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

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

“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

Only three participants self-managed abortions with gestations of 17 weeks and longer, and the study’s authors called for more research into medication abortion and later pregnancies.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 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

On the other hand, I know of three well-authenticated instances of immunity in a sweeping epidemic of persons whose mothers had suffered attacks during the gestations which respectively resulted in their births.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various