implantation

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The website for the antiabortion group Students for Life of America describes Plan B as a medication that can create “an inhospitable uterine environment,” preventing implantation by the embryo.

From Washington Post

“Evidence does not support that the drug affects implantation or maintenance of a pregnancy after implantation, therefore it does not terminate a pregnancy,” the FDA said in its statement.

From Seattle Times

Women who undergo I.V.F. and who opt to have their embryos tested before implantation usually have to pay for the testing themselves.

From New York Times

When this happens, doctors may recommend surgical treatments, such as a heart transplant or implantation of mechanical pumps that are sutured into the patient’s heart to help pump blood throughout the body.

From Washington Post

The ban in Utah, where Ms. Baker lives, for example, frames abortion in the context of a “human pregnancy after implantation of a fertilized ovum,” which would exclude state jurisdiction over stored embryos.

From New York Times