Unwanted Pregnancy

Every child should be a wanted child. Sometimes a pregnancy may not be wanted. In this case one may seek an abortion. Abortion is legal provided it is carried out within the legal permits. An abortion can be done only up to 20 weeks of pregnancy....

Medical Method with tablets Medical abortion is a term applied to an abortion brought about by medication taken to induce it. Medical abortions can provide some measure of safety in that they eliminate the risk of injury to a woman's cervix or uterus from surgical instruments. The process of a medical abortion involves bleeding, often like a heavy menstrual period. Regardless of the amount of tissue passed, the woman must see a doctor for evaluation to make sure the process is complete (and not an incomplete abortion).

	Abortions performed prior to nine weeks from the last menstrual period (seven weeks from conception) are performed either surgically (a procedure) or medically (with drugs).
	From nine weeks until 14 weeks, an abortion is performed by a dilatation and suction curettage procedure.
	After 14 weeks, surgical abortions are performed by a dilatation and evacuation procedure.
	After 20 weeks of gestation, abortions can be performed by labor induction, prostaglandin labor induction, saline infusion, hysterotomy, or dilatation and extraction.
	Most abortions are performed in an outpatient office setting (doctor's office, ambulatory clinic) under local anesthesia with or without sedation.