Traditional sources do not recognize a distinction between early- and late-term abortion, but in Sri Lanka and Thailand the "moral stigma" associated with an abortion grows with the development of the fetus.
Sumber-sumber dalam tradisi Buddhis tidak mengenal perbedaan antara aborsi fase-awal dan fase-akhir, namun, di Sri Lanka dan Thailand, "stigma moral" terkait aborsi bertambah seiring dengan perkembangan fetus atau janin.