Induced labor and abortion, relatively induced labor is more harmful. Since abortion is a way of stopping the pregnancy in the early stages of pregnancy and induced abortion is a way of terminating the pregnancy in the middle to late stages of pregnancy, induced abortion is definitely more harmful than abortion. Therefore, if you do not intend to continue the pregnancy, you should still have an abortion as early as possible. Induced abortions are all targeted at shorter pregnancies where the fetus is not yet formed, and the damage to the body is less at this time. Induced abortion is for pregnancies that are more than three months old, where the fetus has developed more fully and the risks of the procedure are greater. Many induced abortions in the larger months have serious implications for future reproduction, as well. Induction of labor in large months usually requires bed rest for a month in the same way as normal labor.