Important - we don't eat cows. We eat steer. Cows have been bred over the decades and centuries to give birth and milk, not to yield meat. That's important, because some cows are heavier than their steer counterparts (Holsteins, for example).
Also very dangerous is inducing a miscarriage by taking strong medications prescribed for other ailments and many of the ways to induce a miscarriage can actually end in loss of life or other very serious consequences.
A blighted ovum eventually results in miscarriage. Some women choose to wait for the miscarriage to happen naturally, while others take medication to trigger the miscarriage. In some cases, a procedure called dilation and curettage (D&C) is used to remove the placental tissues.