What You Must Know About Medical Abortion Services?

By Alex D White


It is very often found that women do not have proper access to information related to abortion, simply because of the controversy that comes along with it. Abortion is already being a complex matter than simply being a personal life and personal choice perception. Where you may come across some abortion being very important for health, there are others that are needed because of the genetic problems in the foetus. Irrespective of the cause behind the abortion, it still becomes very important to get proper information and knowledge about abortion.

Now, as a women gets pregnant, the first thing that comes to her mind, is what is going to happen after that. This is not something that one should be scared of, as there are a lot of things that one can look to focus on. However, it does need you to get more information and knowledge about the abortion services to get benefitted from it. The abortion techniques too are divided into different parts and it is directly dependant on the trimester of the pregnant women.

Next you have the induced abortion or otherwise also known as medical abortion, where medical means are used. There are two types of abortion that fall under this category the therapeutic abortion and the elective abortion. The therapeutic abortion is given to a female when it is found that the mother is at a risk and the pregnancy has to be terminated to minimize the health risk.

The mifepristone is used for the termination of the intrauterine pregnancies up to a gestation period of 49-63 days. Apart from this it is also used for softening of the cervix, before the mechanical dilatation of the cervix for eliminating the pregnancy. In cases where the gestation period is between, 13-24 weeks, it is used along with gemeprost, in order to get rid of the pregnancies. Moreover the mifepristone drug is also used in some case to induce labor as well, where the foetus dies inside the uterus.

Next you have the elective abortion technique, this technique is considered as one of the most controversial techniques, especially because of the reasons people choose to go through this techniques. The elective abortion is taken on the personal choice of the mother. Here there are two popular methods that are used by people, surgical method and chemical method.

Thus, it becomes very important for the individual that takes the pill to make sure that a follow up check-us is made. This method of abortion has become popular among the people as it convenient, more acceptable and doesn't require the female to go through any kind of invasive surgery.

Dilation and evacuation is used during the second trimester, which also involves using of abortion drugs to induce abortions in the female. Whereas the chemical method involves usage of drugs that helps to induce pregnancy and one has to consult with the doctor before taking it. Here the drugs such as the mifepristone and misoprostol are taken to eliminate the pregnancy.

One only goes through the ultrasound examination after it has skipped the regular menstrual period. The chemicals that form the pills have a detrimental effect in the body, which results in abortion. However, if the pills do not induce abortion then there can be adverse birth defects as well. Also, if the pregnancy of the women has reached the advance stage, then it shall become very necessary to get the surgical abortion.




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