Taking medication that will end a pregnancy brings about a medical abortion. An alternative to medical abortion is surgical abortion. In surgical abortion the uterus or womb is emptied with special instruments.
During medical abortion usually done with out entering the uterus. One of two medications, methotrexate or mifepristone. Before an abortion can be done, a doctor has to approve that she is pregnant. They measure how long the woman has been pregnant by how many days since her last period. Medical abortions can be done as easily as a pregnancy can be confirmed. The less time the woman has been pregnant the better the medication will work. Medical abortion is not an option after seven weeks, or forty-nine days.
Where I stand for abortion is right in the middle of pro choice and pro life. I wouldn't want someone to go through with the abortion, but I still think people have the right to choose for themselves. So I am pretty well neutral.
There are two methods of surgical abortion. The more common method of the two is to open the cervix slightly and remove the contents of the uterus. The second method, which is used much less frequently, is to induce labor, so that the fetus and placenta are expelled as in childbirth. There are some techniques for later abortions. Less than one tenth of the abortions done in the U.S. are performed between thirteen and twenty weeks after there last period. Ending the pregnancy is more difficult after 13 w
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