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An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. It uses medicine or surgery to remove the embryo or fetus and placenta from the uterus. The procedure is done by a licensed health care professional.
The decision to end a pregnancy is very personal. If you are thinking of having an abortion, most health care providers advise counseling.
Treatments and Therapies
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Cat's Claw
(National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
Related Issues
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Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk
(National Cancer Institute)
- Abortions: Does It Affect Subsequent Pregnancies? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Pregnancy Choices: Raising the Baby, Adoption, and Abortion (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) - PDF Also in Spanish
- What to Do When Your Pregnancy Is Unexpected (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
Specifics
- Medical Abortion (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Mifeprex (Mifepristone) Questions and Answers (Food and Drug Administration)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
Patient Handouts
- Abortion - medical (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Abortion - surgical (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Abortion - surgical - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Ending pregnancy with medications (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish