Abortion Questions and Answers

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General 

• What is a medical abortion?

• Is it safe to do a medical abortion by yourself from pills online?

• Is access to abortion medicines a human right?

• If I want an abortion at a clinic instead, how can I get one?

• What should I prepare for an abortion at home with pills?
• What support resources are available to me?

Pregnancy

• How do you know if you are pregnant and how long you have been pregnant for?

• What if you are not pregnant but take the medicines anyway?

• What are hCG levels during pregnancy?

• What if you have a RH - blood type?

• How do I know if I am allergic to the abortion pills?

Precautions

• What is an ectopic pregnancy and how do you know you have one?

• Why shouldn't you be alone when you do a medical abortion and what if you do it alone anyway?

• Why should you be within 60 minutes of a hospital or first aid center when you do the abortion?

• What painkillers can you use?

Medical abortion

• How should you use the abortion pills?

• Are there other ways to use the Misoprostol?

• What happens if you do not use Misoprostol in time? 

• What if you take the Mifepristone and then decide not to take the Misoprostol?

• Can you reverse a medical abortion after you take the pills?

• Can you use Mifepristone and Misoprostol if you are still breastfeeding?

• Can you eat or drink while you are taking the medicines?

The abortion process

• When will you start bleeding and how long will it last?

• What if you don’t bleed after you use the medications?

• Can you see the products of the abortion (placenta, embryo, blood) and what should you do with them?

• What are the side effects of the medicines?

• How do I know the abortion pills worked?

Possible complications of medical abortion

• How do you know if you have complications and what should you do?

• How do you know if you have a post-abortion infection?

• How do you know if you have an incomplete abortion?

• What is a curettage/vacuum aspiration and is it necessary after medical abortion?

• How do you know if you have a continuing pregnancy?

• What are the chances that the fetus will be malformed if you have an ongoing pregnancy?

Abortion After-Care

• Do you need to have an ultrasound after doing a medical abortion?

• Do you require psychological counseling after you have had an abortion?

• Does medical abortion increase the risk of breast cancer?

• Will you be able to get pregnant and have children after a medical abortion?

• When can you start to have sexual relations again after having a medical abortion?

• When can you get pregnant again after having a medical abortion?

• How can you prevent a future unwanted pregnancy?